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At  last  there  came  a  grave  man  to  the   gate,  whose  name  was 
Goodwill. 

(Page  15)  (The   Pilgrim's  Progress.) 


BUNYAN'S 


PILGRIM'S  PROGRESS 


IN  WORDS  OF  ONE  SYLLABLE. 


By  SAMUEL  PHILLIPS  DAY, 

AUTHOR  OF  "THE  RARE  ROMANCE  OF  REYNARD  THE  FOX,"  IN  WORDS  OF  ONE  SYLLABLE, 


ILLUSTRATED. 


A.  L.  BURT  COMPANY, 
PUBLISHERS,        NEW  YORK. 


GOPYBXGHT,  1895,  B? 

THE  CASSELL  PUBLISHING  00. 
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THE 

PILGKIM'S    PKOGKESS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE   DEN   AND   THE   DEEAM. 

As  I  went  through  the  wilds  of  this  world,  I  came  to  a 
place  where  was  a  den,  and  I  laid  me  down  in  that  place 
to  sleep  ;  and  as  I  slept  I  dreamt  a  dream ;  and  lo,  I  saw  a 
man  clad  in  rags,  with  a  book  in  his  hand,  and  a  great 
load  on  his  back !  I  saw  him  read  in  the  book,  and  as  he 
read,  he  wept  and  shook. 

In  this  plight,  then,  he  went  home,  and  kept  calm  as 
long  as  he  could,  that  his  wife  and  bairns  should  not  see 
his  grief;  but  he  could  not  long  hold  his  speech,  for  that 
his  woe  grew  more  hard  to  bear.  "  Oh,  my  dear  wife," 
said  he,  "  and  you,  the  bairns  of  my  heart,  I  am  quite  lost, 
for  a  load  lies  hard  on  me.  More  than  this,  I  am  told  that 
this  our  town  will  be  burnt  with  fire  from  the  skies,  and 
you,  my  sweet  babes,  shall  come  to  grief,  save  some  way 
can  be  found  to  get  clear  of  harm."  At  this  his  kin  were 
in  sore  fear ;  for  that  they  had  just  cause  to  dread  some 
dire  ill  had  got  hold  of  his  head.  So,  when  morn  was 
come,  they  would  know  how  he  did :  and  he  told  them, 


6  The  Pilgrims  Progress. 

"  Worse  and  worse."  He  spoke  to  them  once  more,  but 
they  gave  no  heed  to  his  words.  Hence  he  went  to  his 
room  to  pray  for  them,  and  to  ease  his  grief.  He  would, 
too,  take  long  walks  in  the  fields,  and  read  and  pray  at 
times  :  and  thus  for  some  days  he  spent  his  time. 

Now  I  saw  on  a  time,  when  he  took  a  stray  walk  in  the 
fields,  that  he  was  bent  on  his  book  and  in  deep  grief  of 
mind  ;  and  as  he  read  he  burst  out,  "  What  shall  I  do  1 " 

I  saw,  too,  that  his  eyes  went  this  way  and  that  way,  as 
if  he  would  run :  yet  he  could  not  tell  which  way  to  go. 
I  then  saw  a  man  whose  name  was  Evangelist  come  to  him 
and  ask,  "  Why  dost  thou  cry  ?  "  Quoth  he,  "  Sir,  I  see 
by  the  book  in  my  hand  that  death  is  my  doom,  and  that 
1  am  then  to  meet  my  Judge  :  and  I  find  that  I  do  not  will 
to  do  the  first,  while  I  dread  the  last."  Then  said  Evan- 
gelist, "  Why  not  will  to  die,  since  this  life  is  full  of  ills?" 
The  man  said,  "  The  cause  is  I  fear  that  this  load  that  is  on 
my  back  will  sink  me  more  low  than  the  grave,  and  I  shall 
go  down  to  hell." 

Then  said  Evangelist,  "  If  this  be  thy  state,  why  dost 
thou  stand  still  %  "  Said  he,  "It  is  for  that  I  know  not 
where  to  go."  Then  he  gave  him  a  roll  of  smooth  skin, 
on  which  were  writ  the  plain  words,  "  Flee  from  the  wrath 
to  come."  The  man  read  it,  and  said,  "  To  what  place 
must  I  flee?"  Then  said  Evangelist,  "  Do  you  see  yon 
small  gate  1 "  The  man  said,  "  I  think  I  do."  Then  said 
his  guide,  "  Go  up  at  once  to  it ;  at  which,  when  thou  dost 
knock,  it  shall  be  told  thee  what  thou  shalt  do." 

So  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  the  man  did  run.  Now  he  had 
not  run  far  from  his  own  door,  but  his  wife  and  bairns  saw  it, 
and  in  a  loud  voice  they  strove  to  get  him  to  come  back  ;  but 
the  man  put  the  tips  of  his  thumbs  in  his  ears  and  ran  on. 


The  Den  and  the  Dream,  f 

His  friends  also  came  out,  and  some  bade  him  haste 
back.  Of  those  who  did  so,  there  were  two  that  sought  to 
fetch  him  back  by  force.  The  name  of  the  one  was  Ob- 
stinate ;  and  the  name  of  the  next,  Pliable.  Now  by  this 
time  the  man  was  a  good  way  off;  but  they  went  in  ques 
of  him,  and  in  a  short  time  came  up  with  him.    Then  saiu 


OBSTINATE   GOES   BACK   TO   THE   CITY   OP  DESTRUCTION. 

he,  "  Friends,  for  what  are  ye  come  %  "  Quoth  they,  "  Tc 
urge  you  to  go  back  with  us  " :  but  he  said,  "  That  can  by 
no  means  be.  You  dwell  in  the  City  of  Destruction  :  and 
when  you  die  there,  you  will  sink  down  to  a  place  that 
burns  with  fire.  Take  heed,  good  friends,  and  go  with  me." 
"  What !  "  said  Obstinate,  "  and  leave  our  friends  and 
all  that  brings  us  joy  and  ease  1 " 


8  The  PilgriirUs  Progress. 

"  Yes,"  said  Christian  (for  that  was  his  name)  ;  "  I  seek 
a  life  that  fades  not.     Read  it  so,  if  you  will,  in  my  book." 

"  Tush!  "  said  Obstinate,  "  I  heed  not  your  book  :  will 
you  go  back  with  us  or  no  'I  " 

"  No,  not  I,"  said  Christian. 

Obs. — "  Come  then,  friend  Pliable,  let  us  go  home." 

Then  said  Pliable,  "  The  things  he  looks  for  are  of  more 
worth  than  ours.    My  heart  urges  me  to  go  with  him." 

Obs.—u  What !     Be  led  by  me  and  go  back." 

Chr. — "  Come  with  me,  friend  Pliable  ;  there  are  such 
things  to  be  had  which  I  spoke  of,  and  much  more  bliss. 
If  you  heed  not  what  I  say,  read  here  in  this  book." 

"  Well,  friend  Obstinate,"  said  Pliable,  "  I  mean  to  go 
with  this  good  man,  and  to  cast  in  my  lot  with  him.  But, 
my  good  mate,  do  you  know  the  way  to  this  place  '?  " 

Chr. — "  I  am  told  by  a  man,  whose  name  is  Evangelist, 
to  speed  me  to  a  small  gate  that  is  in  front  of  us,  where 
we  shall  be  put  in  the  right  way." 

"  And  I  will  go  back  to  my  place,"  said  Obstinate.  "  I 
will  not  make  one  of  such  flat  fools." 

CHAPTER  II. 

THE   SLOUGH  OF   DESPOND. 

Now  Christian  and  Pliable  spoke  as  they  did  walk  oil 
the  plain  ;  and  this  was  what  they  said  : 

Chr. — "  Come,  friend  Pliable.  Tarn  glad  you  have  been 
led  to  go  with  me.  Had  but  Obstinate  felt  what  I  have 
felt,  he  would  not  have  set  his  back  on  us." 

Pli. — "  And  do  you  think  that  your  book  is  true  1  " 

Chr. — "  Yes  :  there  is  a  realm  where  we  shall  not  taste 
of  death,  that  we  may  dwell  in  it  for  aye." 


The  Slough  of  Despond.  9 

Pli. — "  This  is  right  good ;  and  what  else  1 " 

Ghr. — "  There  we  shall  not  weep  or  grieve  more  ;  for 
he  that  owns  the  place  will  wipe  all  tears  from  our  eyes." 

Pli. — "  To  hear  this  doth  fill  one's  heart  with  joy.  But 
are  these  things  to  form  our  bliss  %  How  shall  we  get  to 
share  in  them  %  " 

Chr. — "  The  Lord  hath  set  down  that  in  this  book,  the 
pith  of  which  is,  if  we  in  truth  seek  to  have  it,  he  will,  of 
his  free  grace,  grant  it  to  us." 

Pli. — "  Well,  my  good  friend,  glad  am  I  to  hear  of  these 
things.     Come  on,  let  us  mend  our  pace." 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  just  as  they  had  put  an 
end  to  this  talk  they  drew  up  nigh  to  a  deep  slough  that 
was  in  the  midst  of  the  plain  ;  and  as  they  did  not  heed  it, 
both  fell  swap  in  the  bog.  The  name  of  the  slough  was 
Despond. 

Then  said  Pliable,  "  Ah,  friend  Christian,  where  are  you 
now  1  "  / 

"  In  sooth,"  said  Christian,  "  I  do  not  know." 

At  this  Pliable  said  in  sharp  tones,  "  Is  this  the  bliss  you. 
have  told  me  all  this  while  of?  If  we  have  such  ill  speed 
as  we  first  set  out,  what  may  we  not  look  for  ere  the  time 
we  get  to  the  end  of  our  road  ?  May  I  once  get  out  with 
my  life,  you  shall  hold  the  brave  land  for  me."  And  with 
that  he  gave  a  bold  stride  or  two,  and  got  out  of  the  mire 
on  that  side  of  the  slough  which  was  next  his  own  house. 
So  off  he  went,  and  Christian  saw  him  no  more. 

Hence  Christian  was  left  to  sprawl  in  the  Slough  of 
Despond.  But  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  a  man  came  to 
him  whose  name  was  Help,  and  did  ask  him  what  he  did 
there. 

"  Sir,"  said  Christian,  "  I  was  bade  go  this  way  by  a  man 


10  TIw  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

known  as  Evangelist,  who  sent  me  in  like  way  to  yon  gate, 
that  I  might  scape  the  wrath  to  come." 

So  he  gave  him  his  hand,  and  drew  him  out,  and  set  him 
on  sound  ground,  and  let  him  go  on  his  way. 

Then  I  went  to  him  that  did  pluck  him  out,  and  said,, 
"  Sir,  whence  is  it  that  this  plat  is  not  made  whole,  that 
those  who  pass  this  way  may  run  no  risk  %  " 

And  he  said  to  me,  "  This  slough  is  such  a  place  that 
none  can  mend  it.  It  goes  by  the  name  of  the  Slough  of 
Despond  ;  for  still,  as  he  who  sins  is  wrought  up  to  a  sense 
of  his  lost  state,  there  spring  forth  in  his  soul  fears,  and 
doubts,  and  dark  thoughts  that  scare,  which  all  of  them 
form  in  a  heap  and  fix  in  this  place  ;  and  this  is  the  cause 
why  the  road  is  so  bad.  True,  there  are,  by  the  help  of 
him  who  frames  the  laws,  some  stout  and  firm  steps  found 
through  the  midst  of  this  slough  ;  these  steps  are  all  but 
hid,  or  if  they  be  seen,  men  step  on  one  side,  and  then  they 
get  all  grime  with  mire,  though  the  steps  be  there  ;  but  the 
ground  is  good  when  they  are  once  got  in  at  the  gate." 


CHAPTEE    III. 

WOELDLY-WISEMAN. 

iiS  Christian  took  his  lone  walk  he  saw  one  cross  tin 
field  to  meet  him,  and  their  hap  was  to  meet  just  as  they 
did  cross  the  same  way.  The  man's  name  was  Mr. 
Worldly-wiseman.  Hence  Mr.  Worldly-wiseman  thus  held 
some  talk  with  Christian. 

Wor. — "  How  now,  good  friend ;  where  dost  thou  go 
bent  down  with  such  a  weish 


12  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

Ghr. — "  As  big  a  load,  in  sooth,  as  I  think  a  poor  wight 
had  in  his  life !  I  am  bound  for  yon  small  gate  in  front  of 
me;  for  there,  as  I  am  told,  I  shall  be  put  in  a  way  to  be 
rid  of  my  huge  load." 

Wor. — "  Wilt  thou  give  heed  to  me,  if  I  tell  thee  what 
course  to  take  %  " 

Ghr. — "  If  what  you  say  be  good,  I  will ;  for  I  stand  in 
need  of  a  wise  guide." 

Wor. — "  Who  bid  thee  go  this  way  to  be  rid  of  thy 
load  I " 

Ghr. — "  A  man  that  I  thought  was  high  and  great ;  his 
name,  as  my  mind  serves  me,  is  Evangelist." 

Wor. — "  There  is  not  a  more  rough  way  to  be  found  in 
the  world  than  is  that  he  hath  bade  thee  take ;  and  that 
thou  shalt  find  if  thou  wilt  be  led  by  him.  Hear  me  :  I 
have  seen  more  years  than  thou.  Thou  art  like  to  meet 
with,  on  the  way  which  thou  dost  go,  great  griefs,  pain, 
lack  of  food  and  clothes,  sword,  fierce  beasts,  gloom,  and, 
in  a  word,  death,  and  what  not !  And  why  should  a  man 
run  such  risks,  just  on  the  word  of  a  strange  guide  %  " 

Ghr. — "  Why,  sir,  I  think  I  care  not  what  things  I  meet 
with  in  the  way,  if  so  be  I  can  get  ease  from  my  pack." 

Wor. — "  But  why  wilt  thou  seek  for  ease  this  way,  as 
such  dire  ills  go  with  it  %  the  more  so,  hadst  thou  but 
borne  with  me,  I  could  aid  thee  to  get  what  thou  dost  wish, 
free  from  the  risks  that  thou  in  this  way  wilt  run." 

Ghr. — "  Pray,  sir,  make  known  this  boon  to  me." 

Wor. — "  Why,  in  yon  town  (the  town  is  known  as 
Morality)  there  dwells  a  squire  whose  name  is  Legality,  a 
man  of  good  name,  that  has  skill  to  help  men  off  with  such 
loads  as  thine  from  their  backs  To  him,  as  I  said,  thou 
canst  go  and  get  help  in  a  trice  ;  and  if  he  should  not  be 


Worldly  •  Wiseman.  13 

at  home,  he  hath  a  fair  young  son,  whose  name  is  Civility, 
that  can  do  it  as  well  as  his  sage  sire." 

Now  was  Christian  at  a  stand  what  to  do ;  but  soon  he 
thought,  "  If  this  be  true  which  this  squire  hath  said,  my 
best  course  is  to  be  led  by  him  " ;  and  with  that  he  thus 
spake  more. 

Ghr. — "  Sir,  which  is  the  way  to  this  good  man's  house?" 

Wor. — "  By  that  hill  you  must  go,  and  the  first  house 
you  come  at  is  his." 

So  Christian  went  out  of  his  way  to  go  to  Mr.  Legality's 
house  for  help.  But  lo,  when  he  was  got  now  hard  by  the 
hill,  that  side  of  it  that  Avas  next  the  path  did  hang  so 
much,  that  Christian  durst  not  move  on,  lest  the  hill  should 
fall  on  his  head :  for  which  cause  there  he  stood  still,  and 
he  wot  not  what  to  do.  But  soon  there  came  fierce  flames 
of  fire  out  of  the  hill,  each  flash  of  which  made  Christian 
dread  he  should  be  burnt.  And  now  he  was  wroth  for  the 
heed  he  gave  to  Mr.  Worldly-wiseman's  words.  And  with 
that  he  saw  Evangelist  come  forth  to  meet  him  ;  and  thus 
did  he  speak  with  Christian  : 

"  What  dost  thou  here  % "  said  he.  At  which  words 
Christian  knew  not  what  to  say.  Then  said  Evangelist  to 
him,  "  Art  not  thou  the  man  that  I  found  in  tears  back  of 
the  walls  of  the  City  of  Destruction  %  " 

Ghr. — "  Yes,  dear  sir,  I  am  the  man.  I  met  with  a 
squire,  so  soon  as  I  had  got  clear  of  the  Slough  of  Despond, 
who  made  me  think  that  I  might,  in  the  town  which  did 
face  me,  find  a  man  that  could  take  off  my  load." 

Evan. — "  What  said  that  squire  to  you'?  " 

Ghr. — "  He  bid  me  with  speed  get  rid  of  my  load  ;  and 
said  I,  *  I  am  hence  bound  for  yon  gate  to  gain  more  news 
how  I  may  get  to  the  place  where  my  load  may  be  cast  off.' 


14  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

So  he  said  that  he  would  show  me  the  best  way :  '  which 
way/  said  he,  '  will  take  you  to  a  squire's  house  that  hath 
skill  to  take  off  these  loads.'  So  I  put  faith  in  him,  and 
set  out  of  that  way  till  I  came  to  this,  if  so  be  I  might 
soon  get  ease  from  my  load." 

Then  said  Evangelist,  "  Stand  still  a  short  time,  that  I 
may  show  thee  the  words  of  God." 

Then  Christian  fell  down  at  his  feet  as  dead,  and  did 
cry,  "  Woe  is  me,  for  I  am  lost !  "  At  the  sight  of  which 
Evangelist  caught  him  by  the  right  hand,  and  said,  "  Be 
not  frail,  but  have  faith." 

Then  Evangelist  went  on,  and  said,  "  Give  heed  to  the 
things  that  I  shall  tell  thee  of.  The  man  that  met  thee  is 
one  Worldly-wiseman,  and  he  bears  a  fit  name;  in  part, 
for  that  his  creed  is  what  the  world  holds ;  and  in  part,  for 
that  he  loves  such  faith  best,  for  it  saves  him  from  the 
cross.  Now.  there  are  three  things  in  this  man's  words 
that  thou  must  be  sure  and  shun — his  scheme  to  turn  thee 
out  of  the  way  ;  his  wish  to  make  the  cross  a  shame  to 
thee  ;  and  his  guile,  which  did  tempt  thee  to  set  thy  feet  in 
that  way  that  leads  to  death. 

"  And  for  this  thou  must  bear  in  mind  to  whom  he  sent 
thee,  no  less  than  his  lack  of  skill  to  rid  thee  of  thy  load. 
Heto  whom  thou  wast  sent  for  ease,  by  name  Legality,  ha? 
not  the  gift  to  set  thee  free  from  thy  load.  No  man,  as  yet, 
got  rid  of  his  load  by  him :  no,  nor  till  the  end  of  time  h) 
like  to  be.  '  By  the  works  of  the  law  none  can  be  made  just,1 
for  by  the  deeds  of  the  law  no  man  that  lives  can  be  rid  of 
his  load ;  and  as  for  his  son,  Civility,  though  he  wears  soft 
looks,  he  is  but  a  knave,  and  must  fail  to  help  thee.  Trust 
me,  there  is  naught  else  in  all  this  noise  that  thou  hast  heard 
of  this  spot  but  a  scheme  to  lure  thee  of  thy  soul's  bliss." 


Tie  Wicket  Gate.  *5 

Now  Christian  felt  sure  fear  of  death,  and  burst  out  in  a 
shrill  cry,  full  of  woe,  as  he  did  curse  the  time  in  which  he 
met  with  Mr.  Worldly- wiseman.  Still  did  he  say  he  was 
the  chief  of  fools  for  the  heed  he  gave  to  him.  This  done,, 
he  spoke  to  Evangelist  in  words  and  sense  thus : 

Chr. — "  Sir,  what  think  you  ?  Is  there  hope  ?  May  I 
now  go  back  and  go  up  to  the  small  gate  %  Shall  I  not  be 
sent  back  from  thence  in  shame  ?  " 

Then  said  Evangelist  to  him,  "  Thy  sin  is  most  great, 
for  by  it  thou  hast  done  two  bad  deeds :  thou  hast  left  the 
way  that  is  good  to  tread  in  wrong  paths,  yet  will  the  man 
at  the  gate  let  thee  pass,  for  he  has  good-ivill  for  men." 

Then  did  Christian  make  up  his  mind  to  go  back,  and 
Evangelist,  when  he  did  kiss  his  cheek,  gave  him  a  smile, 
and  bid  him  God  speed. 


CHAPTEE  IV. 

THE  WICKET -GATE. 

So  Christian  went  on  with  haste,  nor  spake  he  to  a  man 
by  the  way  ;  nor  if  a  man  spoke  to  him,  would  he  deign 
him  a  word  ;  so  in  course  of  time  Christian  got  up  to  the 
gate.  Now  at  the  top  of  the  gate  there  were  writ  these 
words : 

"  IRnocfc,  anb  it  eball  ope  to  sou." 

Hence  he  did  knock  more  than  once  or  twice. 

At  last  there  came  a  grave  man  to  the  gate,  whose  name 
was  Goodwill,  who  sought  to  know  who  was  there  1  and 
whence  he  came  %    and  what  he  would  have  % 


16  The  PilgrirnJs  Progress. 

Chr. — "  Here  is  a  poor  vile  wight ;  I  come  from  the  City 
of  Destruction,  but  am  bound  for  Mo  ant  Zion,  that  I  may 
get  safe  from  the  wrath  to  come.  I  would,  for  this  cause, 
sir,  know  if  you  will  let  me  in." 

"  I  will,  with  all  my  heart,"  said  he ;  and  with  that  he 
drew  back  the  gate. 

So  when  he  was  got  in,  the  man  of  the  gate  said  to  him, 
'  Who  told  him  to  come  to  that  place  %  " 

Chr. — "  Evangelist  bid  me  come  here  and  knock,  as 
I  did ;  and  he  said  that  you,  sir,  would  tell  me  what  I 
must  do." 

Good. — "  But  how  is  it  that  no  one  came  with  you  1 " 

Chr. — "  For  that  none  of  those  who  dwelt  near  me  saw 
their  plight  as  I  saw  mine." 

Good. — "  Did  one  or  more  of  them  know  that  you  meant 
to  come  here  %  " 

Chr. — "  Yes  ;  my  wife  and  bairns  saw  me  at  the  first, 
and  did  call  to  me  to  turn  round." 

Good. — "  But  did  none  of  them  go  in  quest  of  you,  to 
urge  you  to  go  back  %  " 

Chr. — "  Yes,  both  Obstinate  and  Pliable  ;  but  when 
they  saw  that  they  could  not  gain  their  end,  Obstinate 
went  back,  and  did  rail  the  while,  but  Pliable  came  with 
me  a  short  way." 

Good. — "  But  why  did  he  not  come  through  %  " 

Chr. — "  We,  in  truth,  came  on  side  by  side  till  we  came 
to  the  Slough  of  Despond,  in  the  which  he  fell  souse.  But 
as  he  got  out  on  that  side  next  to  his  own  house,  he  told 
me  I  should  hold  the  brave  land  for  him.  So  he  went  his 
way,  and  I  came  mine." 

Then  said  Goodwill,  "  Ah,  poor  man!  " 

"  In  sooth,"  said  Christian,  "  I  have  said  the  truth  of 


live  WicM-Gaie, 


17 


Pliable  ;  but  I  too,  did  turn  on  one  side  to  go  in  the  way 
of  death,  and  I  was  led  to  this  by  the  base  arts  of  one  Mr. 
Worldly-wiseman." 

Good. — "  Oh,  did  he  light  on  you  ?     What !  he  would 
have  had  you  seek  for  ease  at  the  hands  of  Mr.  Legality  : 


CHRISTIAN   AT    THE    WICKET-GATE. 


they  are  both  of  them  true  cheats.     But  were  you  led  by 
him  ?  " 

Ghr. — "  Yes,  as  far  as  I  durst.  I  went  to  finjl  out  Mr. 
Legality,  till  I  thought  the  mount  that  stands  by  his  house 
would  have  come  down  on  my  head,'* 


18  The  PilgrwrCs  Progress. 

Good. — "  That  mount  lias  been  the  death  of  a  host,  and 
will  be  the  death  of  still  more." 

Chr. — "  Why,  in  truth,  I  do  not  know  what  hap  had 
come  to  me  there,  had  not  Evangelist  by  good  luck  met 
me  once  more,  while  I  did  muse  in  the  midst  of  my  dumps  : 
but  it  was  God's  grace  that  he  came  to  me  twice,  for  else  I 
could  not  have  got  to  this  place." 

Good. — "  We  shut  out  none,  and  take  no  note  of  what 
they  have  done  up  to  the  time  they  come  here :  '  they  in 
no  wise  are  cast  out ' :  and  hence,  good  Christian,  come  a 
wee  way  with  me,  and  I  will  teach  thee  in  what  way  thou 
must  go.  Look  right  in  front  of  thee  ;  dost  thou  see  this 
strait  way  %     That  is  the  way  thou  must  go." 

"  But,"  said  Christian,  "  are  there  no  turns  or  bends  bv 
which  one  who  has  not  trod  it  may  lose  his  way  1 " 

Good. — "  Yes,  there  are  some  ways  butt  down  on  this  ; 
and  they  are  bent  and  wide  :  but  thus  thou  canst  judge 
the  right  from  the  wrong,  that  the  first  is  straight  and  not 
broad." 

Then  Christian  strove  to  gird  up  his  loins,  and  to  set 
out  on  his  way.  So  he  with  whom  he  had  held  speech  told 
him,  "  That  by  that  he  had  gone  some  way  from  the  gate 
he  would  come  at  the  house  of  the  Interpreter,  at  whose 
door  he  should  knock,  and  he  would  show  him  good 
things." 

CHAPTER  V. 

THE  INTERPRETER'S  HOUSE. 

Then  he  went  on  till  he  came  to  the  house  of  the  Inter- 
preter,  at  which  he  gave  some  smart  knocks.  At  last  one 
came  to  the  door,  and  did  ask  who  was  there  ? 


The  Interpreter's  House.  19 

"  Sir,"  said  Christian,  "  I  am  a  man  that  a\'.i  come  from 
the  City  of  Destruction,  and  am  bound  for  the  Mount 
Zion  ;  and  I  was  told  by  the  man  that  stands  at  the  gate 
at  the  head  of  this  way,  that  if  I  came  here  you  would 
ehow  me  good  things,  such  as  would  be  a  help  to  one  on 
the  road." 

Then  said  the  Interpreter,  "  Come  in  ;  I  will  show  thee 
that  which  will  be  of  use  to  thee."  So  he  told  his  man  to 
light  the  lamp,  and  bid  Christian  go  in  his  track.  Then 
he  had  him  in  a  room  where  none  else  could  come,  and  bid 
his  man  fold  back  the  door,  the  which  when  he  had  done 
Christian  saw  the  print  of  one,  most  grave  of  look,  hung  up 
on  the  wall,  and  this  was  the  style  of  it :  It  had  eyes  that 
did  stare  at  the  sky,  the  best  of  books  in  its  hand,  and  the 
law  of  truth  was  writ  on  its  lips  ;  the  world  was  at  its  back, 
it  stood  as  if  it  did  plead  with  men,  and  a  crown  of  gold 
did  hang  nigh  its  head. 

Then  said  Christian,  "  What  means  this?  " 

Inter. — "  I  have  shown  thee  this  print  first  for  this  cause, 
that  the  man  whose  print  this  is,  is  the  sole  man  whom  the 
Lord  of  the  place  where  thou  dost  go  hath  sent  as  thy 
guide  through  all  the  twists  and  turns  thou  wilt  meet  with 
in  the  way  ;  hence  take  good  heed  to  what  I  have  shown 
thee,  and  bear  well  in  thy  mind  what  thou  hast  seen,  lest, 
in  thy  route,  thou  meet  with  some  that  say  they  can  lead 
thee  right ;  but  their  way  goes  down  to  death." 

Then  he  took  him  by  the  hand,  and  led  him  to  a  large 
room  on  the  ground  floor  that  was  full  of  dust ;  the  which 
the  Interpreter  did  call  for  a  man  to  sweep.  Then  said  the 
Interpreter  to  a  girl  that  stood  by,  "  Bring  hence  from  yon 
brook  the  means  to  lay  this  dust." 

Then  said  Christian,  "  What  means  this?" 


20  The  Pihritrfs  Progress. 

The  Interpreter  thus  spoke  :  "  This  room  on  the  ground 
floor  is  the  heart  of  man  that  has  not  been  made  pure  by 
the  sweet  grace  of  Christ's  Word.  The  dust  is  the  sin  thai 
cleaves  to  him  through  the  Fall,  and  the  lust  that  hath 
made  foul  the  whole  man.  He  who  at  first  swept  is  the 
Law  ;  but  she  that  brought  the  means  to  lay  the  dust  is  the 
Gospel." 

I  saw  too,  in  my  dream,  that  the  Interpreter  took  him 
by  the  hand,  and  had  him  in  a  small  room,  where  sat  two 
youths,  each  one  in  his  chair.  The  name  of  the  most 
grown  was  Passion,  and  of  the  next,  Patience :  Passion 
did  not  seem  at  rest,  but  Patience  was  quite  still. 

Then  I  saw  that  one  came  to  Passion  and  brought  him 
a  bag  of  rich  gifts,  and  did  pour  it  down  at  his  feet ;  the 
which  he  took  up  and  felt  joy  in  it,  while  at  Patience  he 
gave  a  laugh  of  scorn.  But  I  saw  but  a  time,  and  he  had 
got  rid  of  all,  and  had  naught  left  b"f  rags. 

Then  said  Christian  to  the  Interpreter,  "  I  w^ould  have 
you  make  this  thing  more  clear  to  me." 

So  he  said,  "  These  two  lads  are  signs  :  Passion  of  the 
men  of  this  world,  and  Patience  of  the  men  of  that  which 
is  to  come  ;  for,  as  here  thou  dost  see,  Passion  will  have 
all  now,  this  year,  that  is  to  say  in  this  world,  so  are  the 
men  of  this  world ;  they  must  have  all  their  good  things 
now  ;  they  durst  not  stay  till  next  year,  that  is  till  the 
next  world,  for  their  share  of  good." 

Then  said  Christian,  "  Now  I  see  that  Patience  has  the 
best  sense,  and  that  on  more  grounds  than  one  ;  for  that 
he  stavs  for  the  best  things,  and  in  like  way  for  that  he 
will  have  the  gain  of  his  when  Passion  has  naught  but 
rags." 

Inter. — "  Nay,  you  may  add  one  more,  to  wit,  the  joys 


22  The  Pilgrim 's  Progress-. 

of  tlie  next  world  will  not  wear  out,  but  these  are  soon 
gone." 

I  saw,  in  like  way,  that  the  Interpreter  took  him  once 
more  by  the  hand,  and  led  him  to  a  choice  place,  where 
was  built  a  great  house,  fine  to  look  at ;  at  the  sight  of 
which  Christian  felt  much  joy ;  he  saw,  too,  on  the  ko  of 
it  some  folk  that  did  walk  to  and  fro,  who  were  clad  all  in 
gold. 

Then  the  Interpreter  took  him,  and  led  him  up  nigh  to 
the  door  of  the  great  house ;  and  lo,  at  the  door  stood  a 
host  of  men  as  did  wish  to  go  in,  but  durst  not.  There, 
too,  sat  a  man  a  short  way  from  the  door,  at  the  side  of  a 
board,  with  a  book  and  his  desk  in  front  of  him,  to  take 
the  name  of  him  that  should  come  in.  More  than  this,  he 
saw  that  in  the  porch  stood  groups  of  men,  clad  in  coats  of 
mail,  to  keep  it,  who  meant  to  do  all  the  hurt  and  harm 
they  could  to  the  man  that  would  go  in.  Now  was 
Christian  in  a  sore  maze  At  last,  when  all  the  men  did 
start  back  for  fear  of  the  men  who  bore  arms,  Christian 
saw  a  man  of  a  bold  face  come  up  to  the  man  that  sat  there 
to  write,  and  say,  "  Set  down  my  name,  sir ";  the  which 
when  he  had  done,  he  saw  the  man  draw  his  sword,  and 
put  a  casque  on  his  head,  and  rush  to  the  door  on  the  men 
who  had  arms,  who  laid  on  him  with  fierce  force ;  but  the 
man,  not  at  all  put  out  of  the  way,  fell  to,  and  did  cut  and 
hack  with  all  his  might :  so,  when  he  had  got  and  dealt 
scores  of  wounds  to  those  that  strove  to  keep  him  out,  he 
cut  his  way  through  them  all,  and  made  straight  for  the 
great  house. 

"  Now,"  said  Christian,  "  let  me  go  hence." 

"  Nay,  stay,"  said  the  Interpreter,  "  till  I  have  sIiowd 
thee  some  more ;  and  then  thou  shalt  go  on  thy  way." 


Just  as  Christian  came  up  with  the  cress,  his  load  got  loose  from 

his  neck,  and  fell  from  off  his  hack.  _ 

rpflge   ,-;  rr//r   Pilgrims  Progress.) 


The  Interpreter's  House.  23 

So  he  took  him  by  the  hand  once  more,  and  led  him  to 
a  room  dark  as  pitch,  where  there  sat  a  man  in  a  steel 
cage.  Now  the  man  to  look  on  was  most  sad ;  and  he 
gave  sighs  as  if  he  would  break  his  heart. 

The  man  said,  "  I  once  did  seem  to  be  what  I  was  not 
fair  in  mine  own  eyes,  and  in  the  eyes  of  those  that  knew 
me.     I  was  once,  as  I  thought,  fair  for  the  Celestial  City, 
and  went  so  far  as  to  have  joy  at  the  thoughts  tha£  I  should 
get  there." 

Chr.—"  Well,  but  what  art  thou  now  ?  " 

Man. — "  I  am  now  a  man  lost  to  hope." 

Chr. — "  But  how  didst  thou  get  in  this  state  %  " 

Man. — "  I  did  sin  in  face  of  the  light  of  the  World,  and 
the  grace  of  God.  I  made  the  Spirit  grieve,  and  he  is 
gone." 

Then  said  Christian,  "  Is  there  no  hope,  but  you  must 
be  kept  in  the  steel  cage  of  gloom  %  " 

Man.—U  None  at  all." 

Chr. — "  But  canst  thou  not  now  grieve  and  turn  %  " 

Man. — "  God  hath  not  let  me ;  his  Word  gives  me  no 
aid  to  faith ;  yea,  he  hath  shut  me  up  in  this  steel  cage ; 
nor  can  all  the  men  in  the  world  let  me  out." 

Then  said  the  Interpreter  to  Christian,  "  Let  this  man's 
wails  be  dwelt  on  by  thee,  and  cease  not  to  teach  thee  how 
to  act." 

So  he  took  Christian  and  led  him  to  a  room  where  one 
did  rise  out  of  bed ;  and  as  he  put  on  his  clothes  he  did 
shake  and  quake. 

Then  said  Christian,  "Why  doth  this  man  thus  shake?" 

So  he  spoke  and  said,  "  This  night  as  I  was  in  my  sleep 
I  dreamt,  and  lo,  the  sky  grew  black  as  ink,  when  name 
flit  from  the  clouds ;  on  which  J,  heard  a  dread  noise,  that 


24  The  Pilgrims  Progress. 

put  me  in  throes  of  pain.  So  I  did  lift  up  my  eyes  in  my 
dream,  and  saw  a  man  sit  on  a  cloud,  with  a  huge  host 
near  to  him.  I  heard,  then,  a  voice  that  said,  '  Come  forth, 
ye  dead,  and  meet  your  Judge ! '  And  with  that  the  rocks 
rent,  the  graves  did  gape,  and  the  dead  that  were  in  them 
came  forth.  Then  I  saw  the  man  that  sat  on  the  cloud 
fold  back  the  book  and  bid  the  world  draw  near.  I  heard 
it,  in  lik^  way,  told  to  them  that  were  near  the  man  that 
sat  on  the  cloud,  '  Bind  up  the  tares,  and  the  chaff,  and  the 
stalks,  and  cast  them  in  the  lake  that  burns  with  fire.' 
Then  said  the  voice  to  the  same  men,  '  Put  up  my  wheat 
in  the  barn ! '  and  with  that  I  saw  a  host  caught  up  in  the 
clouds,  but  I  was  left  stay." 

Chr. — "  But  what  was  it  that  made  you  so  quake  at  this 
sight  %  " 

Man. — "  Why,  I  thought  that  the  day  of  doom  had 
come,  and  that  I  was  not  fit  to  meet  it.  But  this  made  me 
fear  most,  that  some  were  caught  up  while  I  was  left." 

Then  said  the  Interpreter  to  Christian,  "  Hast  thou 
thought  well  on  all  these  things  1  " 

Chr. — "  Yes  ;  and  they  put  me  in  hope  and  fear." 

Inter. — "  Well,  keep  all  things  so  in  thy  mind  that  they 
may  be  as  a  goad  in  thy  sides,  to  prick  thee  on  in  the  way 
thou  must  go." 

Then  Christian  girt  up  his  loins,  and  thought  but  of  the 
long  road  he  had  to  tread. 


So  I  saw  that  just  as  Christian  came  up  to  the  cross,  his  load 
^fit  loose  from  his  neck,  and  fell  from  off  Ins  back. — Page  25. 

Pilgrim' 's  Progress. 


2  Tie  Cross  and  the  Contrast.  25 

CHAPTER  VI. 

THE  CROSS  AND  THE  CONTRAST. 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  the  high  road  had  on  each 
side  a  wall  for  a  fence,  and  that  wall  went  by  the  name  of 
Salvation.  Up  this  way,  then,  did  Christian  run  with 
his  load,  till  he  came  to  a  place  where  was  a  high  slope, 
and  on  that  place  stood  a  cross,  and  a  short  way  from  it  in 
the  vale,  a  tomb.  So  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  just  as 
Christian  came  up  with  the  cross,  his  load  got  loose  from 
his  neck,  and  fell  from  off  his  back,  and  did  roll  till  it  came 
to  the  mouth  of  the  grave,  where  it  fell  in,  and  I  saw  it  no 
more. 

Then  was  Christian  full  glad,  and  said,  with  a  gay 
heart,  "  He  hath  brought  me  rest  by  his  grief,  and  life  by 
his  death."  Then  he  stood  still  for  a  short  time  to  look 
with  awe,  for  it  was  a  strange  thing  to  him  that  the  sight 
of  the  cross  should  thus  ease  him  of  his  load. 

I  saw  then  in  my  dream  that  he  went  on  thus  till  he 
came  to  a  vale,  where  he  saw  three  men  in  deep  sleep,  with 
gyves  on  their  heels.  The  name  of  the  one  was  Simple  ; 
the  next,  Sloth  ;  and  the  third,  Presumption. 

Christian  went  to  them,  if  so   be  he  might  rouse  them  ; 
so  he  said  in  a  loud  voice,  "You  are  like  them  that  sleep 
on  the  top  of  a  mast,  for  the  Dead  Sea  is  low  down  at  your 
feet,  a  gulf  that  no  plumb  line  can  sound ;  get  up,  hence 
and  come  on." 

With  this  they  gave  a  glum  look  at  him,  and  spoke  in 
this  sort :  Simple  said,  "  I  see  no  cause  for  fear";  Sloth 
said,    "  Yet    some    more  sleen ""    *md   Presumption    said, 


26 


The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 


"  Each  tub  must  stand  on  its  own  end."  And  so  they  lay 
down  to  sleep  once  more,  and  Christian  went  on  his  way. 
Yet  felt  he  grief  to  think  that  men  in  that  sad  plight 
should  so  spurn  the  kind  act  of  him  that  of  his  own  free 
will  sought  to  help  them.     And  as  he  did  grieve  from  this 


FOEMALIST    AKD    HYPOCRISY    COMING    INTO    THE    WAY    OVER    THE    WALL. 

cause,  he  saw  two  men  roll  off  a  wall,  on  the  left  hand  of 
the  strait  way.  The  name  of  the  one  was  Formalist,  and 
the  name  of  the  next  Hypocrisy.  So  they  drew  up  nigh 
him,  who  thus  held  speech  with  them  : 

<7Ar.«—"  Sirs,  whence  caumyou,  and  where  do  you  go  %  " 


The  Cross  and  the  Contrast.  27 

Form,  and  Hyp. — "  We  were  born  in  the  land  of  Vahiv 
glory,  and  are  bent  for  praise  to  Mount  Zion." 

Ghr. — "  Why  came  you  not  in  at  the  gate  which  stands 
at  the  head  of  the  way  ?  " 

They  said,  "  That  to  go  to  the  gate  to  get  in  was  by  ah 
their  horde  thought  too  far  round." 

Chr. — "  But  will  it  not  be  thought  a  wrong  done  to  the 
Lord  of  the  town  where  we  are  bound,  thus  to  break  his 
law  which  he  hath  made  known  to  us  1 " 

They  told  him,  "  That  this  act  of  theirs,  as  it  stood  for 
so  long  a  time,  would  no  doubt  be  thought  good  in  law  by 
a  just  judge  ;  and  more  than  this,"  said  they,  "  if  we  get  in 
the  way,  what  boots  it  which  way  we  get  in  %  If  we  are 
in,  we  are  in.  Thou  art  but  in  the  way,  who,  as  we  see, 
came  in  at  the  gate  ;  and  we  too  are  in  the  way,  that  fell 
from  the  top  of  the  wall.  In  what?  now,  is  thy  state  a 
whit  more  good  than  ours  %  " 

Ghr. — "  I  walk  by  the  rule  of  my  Lord  ;  you  walk  by 
the  rude  quirks  of  your  vague  whims.  At  this  time  you 
count  but  as  thieves  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  of  the  way 
hence  I  doubt  you  will  not  be  found  true  men  at  the  end 
of  the  way.  By  laws  and  rules  you  will  not  get  safo,  since 
you  came  not  in  by  the  door.  I  have,  too,  a  mark  on  my 
brow,  which  you  may  not  have  seen,  which  one  of  my 
Lord's  most  stanch  friends  put  there,  in  the  day  that  my 
load  fell  from  off  my  back.  More  than  this,  I  will  tell  you 
that  I  then  got  a  roll  with  a  seal  on  it,  to  cheer  me  while 
I  read  it,  as  I  go  on  the  way :  I  was  told  to  give  it  in  at 
the  Celestial  Gate,  as  a  sure  sign  that  I,  too,  should  go  in 
at  the  right  time  :  all  which  things  I  doubt  you  want,  and 
want  them  for  that  you  came  not  in  at  the  gatekT 


28  The  PilgrwHs  Progress. 

CHAPTEE  VII. 

THE   HILL  DIFFICULTY. 

I  SAW  then  that  they  all  went  on  till  they  came  to  the 
foot  of  the  Hill  Difficulty,  at  the  end  of  which  was  a  spring. 
There  were  in  the  same  place  two  ways  more  than  that 
which  came  straight  from  the  gate :  one  bent  to  the  left 
hand,  and  the  next  to  the  right,  at  the  base  of  the  hill ;  but 
the  strait  way  lay  right  up  the  hill ;  and  the  name  of 
that  path  up  the  side  of  the  hill  is  known  as  Difficulty. 
Christian  now  went  to  the  spring  and  drank  of  it  to  cool 
his  blood  and  quench  his  thirst,  and  then  he  set  forth  to  go 
up  the  hill. 

The  two  with  whom  he  had  held  speech  in  like  way 
came  to  the  foot  of  the  hill ;  but  when  they  saw  that  the 
hill  was  steep  and  high,  and  that  there  were  two  more  ways 
to  go,  and  as  they  thought  that  these  two  ways  might  meet 
in  the  long  run  with  that  up  which  Christian  went,  on  the 
rear  side  of  the  hill, — hence  they  made  up  their  minds  to 
go  in  those  ways. 

Now  the  name  of  one  of  those  ways  was  Danger,  and 
the  name  of  the  next  Destruction.  So  the  one  took  the 
way  which  is  known  as  Danger,  which  led  him  to  a  great 
wood ;  and  he  who  was  with  him  took  straight  up  the  way, 
to  Destruction,  which  led  to  a  wide  field  full  of  dark  cliffs, 
where  he  made  a  slip,  and  fell,  and  rose  no  more. 

I  then  cast  my  eyes  on  Christian,  and  I  saw  that  from  a 
run  he  came  to  a  walk,  and  at  last  had  to  climb  on  his 
hands  and  his  knees,  so  steep  was  the  place. 

Now  half  the  way  tn  the  top  of  the  hill  was  a  nook  made 


Timorous  was  afraid  of  wild  beasts  and  ran  down  the  hill.— - 
Page  29,  Pilgrim's  Progress^ 


The  Hill  Difficulty.  29 

of  trees,  fair  to  look  on,  made  oy  the  Lord  of  the  hill  for 
the  good  of  such  as  trod  that  place.  There,  then,  Christian 
got ;  there,  too,  he  sat  down  to  rest  him. 

Thus  sought  he  cheer  a  while,  when  he  fell  to  doze,  andj 
then  went  off  in  a  fast  sleep. 

Now  as  he  slept  there  came  one  to  him,  who  woke  him 
and  said,  "  Go  to  the  ant,  thou  man  of  sloth  ;  think  of  her 
ways,  and  be  wise."  And  with  that  Christian  did  start  up, 
and  went  on  till  he  came  to  the  top  of  the  hill. 

Now  when  he  was  got  up  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  there 
came  two  men  who  ran  right  up  to  him  so  as  to  push  him. 
The  name  of  the  one  was  Timorous,  and  of  the  next  Mis- 
trust ;  to  whom  Christian  said,  "  Sirs,  what  doth  ail  you  % 
You  run  the  wrong  way." 

Timorous  said  that  they  were  bound  to  the  City  of  Zion, 
and  had  got  up  to  that  hard  place  ;  "  but,"  said  he,  "  the 
more  we  go  on  the  more  risks  we  meet  with  ;  hence  did  we 
turn,  and  mean  not  to  go  back." 

"Yes,"  said  Mistrust,  "for  just  in  front  of  us  lie  a  brace 
of  wild  beasts  in  the  way — that  they  sleep  or  wake  we 
know  not — and  we  could  not  think  if  we  came  in  their 
reach  but  they  would  at  once  pull  us  in  bits." 

Then  Mistrust  and  Timorous  ran  down  the  hill,  and 
Christian  went  on  his  way.  But  as  he  dwelt  on  what  he 
heard  from  the  men,  the  sun  went  down ;  and  this  made 
him  once  more  think  how  vain  it  was  for  him  to  have  sunk 
to  sleep.  Now,  he  brought  to  mind  the  tale  that  Mistrust 
and  Timorous  had  told  him  of  how  they  took  fright  at  the 
sight  of  the  wild  beasts.  Then  did  Christian  muse  thus : 
"  These  beasts  range  in  the  night  for  their  prey ;  and  if 
they  should  meet  with  me  in  the  dark,  how  should  I  shift 
them  1  how  should  I  get  free  from  their  fangs  1  they  would 


30  The  Pilgrim's  Progress, 

tear  me  to  bits."  Thus  he  went  on  his  way.  But,  while 
he  did  mourn  his  dire  hap,  he  lift  up  his  eyes,  and  lo,  there 
was  a  grand  house  in  front  of  him,  the  name  of  which  was 
Beautiful,  and  it  stood  just  on  the  side  of  the  high  road. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

THE   PALACE   BEAUTIFUL. 

So  1  saw  in  my  dream  that  he  made  haste  and  went 
forth,  that,  if  so  be,  he  might  get  a  place  to  lodge  there. 
Now  ere  he  had  gone  far,  he  saw  two  wild  beasts  in  the 
way.  (The  beasts  were  made  fast,  but  he  saw  not  the 
chains.)  Then  he  took  fright,  and  thought  to  go  back ; 
for  he  thought  death  of  a  truth  did  face  him.  But  when 
the  man  at  the  lodge,  whose  name  is  Watchful,  saw  that 
Christian  made  a  halt,  he  did  cry  to  him  and  say,  "  Is  thy 
strength  so  small  1  Fear  not  the  wild  beasts,  for  they  are 
in  chains,  and  are  put  there  for  test  of  faith  where  it  is,  and 
to  make  known  those  that  have  none :  keep  in  the  midst 
of  the  path,  and  no  hurt  shall  come  to  thee." 

Then  did  he  clap  his  hands,  and  went  on  till  he  came 
and  stood  in  front  of  the  gate  where  the  Porter  was.  Then 
said  Christian  to  the  Porter,  "  Sir,  what  house  is  this  ?  and 
may  I  lodge  here  this  night  1  "  The  Porter  said,  "  This 
house  was  built  by  the  Lord  of  the  hill,  and  he  built  it  to 
aid  and  guard  such  as  speed  this  way."  The  Porter,  in 
like  way,  sought  to  know  whence  he  was ;  and  to  what 
place  he  was  bound  1 

Chr. — "  I  am  come  from  the  City  of  Destruction ;  and 


This  is  Mistrust,  whom  Christian  met  going  the  wrong  way,— 
Page  29.  Pilgrim's  Proareaa. 


The  Palace  Beautiful  31 

am  on  my  way  to  Mount  Zioii ;  but  as  the  sun  is  now  set, 
I  wish,  if  I  may,  to  lodge  here  this  night." 

Pot. — "  But  how  doth  it  hap  that  you  come  so  late  % 
The  sun  is  set." 

Qhr—j'  I  had  been  here  ere  this,  but  that,  mean  man 
that  I  am,  I  slept  in  the  nook  that  stands  on  the  side  of 
the  hill." 

Por. — "  Well,  I  will  call  out  one  of  the  maids  of  this 
place,  who  will,  if  she  likes  your  talk,  bring  you  in  to  the 
rest  of  the  folk,  as  such  are  the  rules  of  the  house." 

So  Watchful  rang  a  bell,  at  the  sound  of  which  came  out 
at  the  door  of  the  house  a  grave  and  fair  maid,  whose 
name  was  Discretion,  who  would  know  why  she  had  got  a 
call. 

The  Porter  said,  "  This  man  is  in  the  way  frou.  the  City 
of  Destruction  to  Mount  Zion,  but  as  he  doth  tire,  and  as 
night  came  on,  he  sought  to  know  if  he  might  lodge  here 
for  the  night :  so  I  told  him  I  would  call  for  thee,  who, 
when  thou  dost  speak  with  him,  may  do  as  seems  to  thee 
good,  and  act  up  to  the  law  of  the  house." 

Then  she  would  know  whence  he  was,  and  to  what  place 
he  was  bound,  and  his  name.  So  he  said,  "  It  is  Christian." 
So  a  smile  sat  on  her  lips,  but  the  tears  stood  in  her  eyes; 
and,  when  she  gave  a  short  pause,  she  said,  "  I  will  call 
forth  two  or  three  more  of  those  who  dwell  here."  So  she 
ran  to  the  door,  and  did  call  out  Prudence,  Piety,  and 
Charity  :  and  when  she  had  held  more  speech  with  him,  he 
was  brought  in,  and  made  known  to  all  who  dwelt  in  the 
house,  some  of  whom  met  him  at  the  porch,  and  said, 
"  Come  in,  thou  whom  the  Lord  doth  bless  ;  this  house  was 
built  by  the  Lord  of  the  hill,  to  give  good  cheer  to  such 
who,  like  you,  grow  faint  by  the  wav."     Then  he  bent  his 


32 


The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 


head,  and  went  in  with  them  to  the  house.  So  when  he 
was  come  in  and  set  down,  they  gave  him  to  drink,  and 
then  they  thought  that  till  the  last  meal  was  brought  up, 
some  of  them  should  have  some  wise  talk  with  Christian, 
►so  as  to  make  good  use  of  time. 


CHRISTIAN    IS    QUESTIONED    BY    DISCRETION. 


B§ 


Pi. — "  Come,  good  Christian,  since  we  have  shown  such 
love  for  you  as  to  make  you  our  guest  this  night,'  let  us,  if 
so  be  we  may  each  get  good  by  it,  talk  with  you  of  all 
things  that  you  have  met  with  on  your  way." 


This  is  Formalist,  whom  Christian  saw  roll  from  the  top  of 
a  wali,  as  if  to  go  to  Zion.— Page  33.  Pilgrim's  Progress. 


TAe  Palace  Beautifut.  33 

Chr. — "  With  a  right  good  will ;  and  I  am  glad  your 
mind  is  so  well  bent." 

Pi.—"  How  was  it  that  you  came  out  of  your  land  in 
this  way  ?  " 

Chr. — "  It  was  as  God  would  have  it ;  for  when  I  was 
full  of  the  fears  of  doom,  I  did  not  know  where  to  go  ;  but 
by  chance  there  came  a  man  then  to  me,  whilst  I  shook 
and  wept,  whose  name  is  Evangelist,  and  he  told  me  how 
to  reach  the  small  gate,  which  else  I  should  not  have  found, 
and  so  set  me  in  the  way  that  hath  led  me  straight  to  this 
house." 

Pi. — "  But  did  you  not  come  by  the  house  of  the  Inter- 
preter ]  " 

Chr.—"  Yes,  and  did  see  such  things  there,  the  thoughts 
of  which  will  stick  by  me  as  long  as  I  live ;  in  chief,  three 
things ;  to  wit,  how  Christ,  in  spite  of  the  Foe  of  Man, 
keeps  up  his  work  of  grace  in  the  heart ;  how  the  man, 
through  sin,  had  got  quite  out  of  hopes  of  God's  ruth ;  and, 
in  like  way,  the  dream  of  him  that  thought  in  his  sleep  the 
day  of  doom  was  come." 

Pi. — "  And  what  saw  you  else  in  the  way  ?  " 

Chr. — "  Saw  !  Why,  I  went  but  a  wee  way  and  I  saw 
One,  as  I  thought  in  my  mind,  hang  and  bleed  on  a  tree ; 
and  the  sheer  sight  of  him  made  my  load  fall  off  my  back  ; 
for  I  did  groan  through  the  great  weight,  but  then  it  fell 
down  from  off  me." 

Pi. — "  But  you  saw  more  than  this,  did  you  not  %  " 

Chr. — "  The  things  that  I  have  told  you  were  the  best ; 
yet  some  more  things  I  saw,  as,  first  of  all,  I  saw  three  men, 
Simple,  Sloth,  and  Presumption,  lie  in  sleep,  not  far  out 
of  the  way  as  I  came,  with  gyves  on  their  heels ;  but  do 
you  think  I  could  rouse  then*  3     I  saw,  in  like  way,  Form- 


34  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

alist  and  Hypocrisy  come  and  roll  from  the  top  of  a  wall, 
to  go,  as  they  fain  would  have  me  think,  to  Zion ;  but  they 
were  lost  in  a  trice,  just  as  I  did  tell  them  ;  but  they  would 
not  heed  my  words." 

Pr. — "  Do  you  think  at  times  of  the  land  from  whence 
you  came  %  " 

Ghr, — "  Yes,  but  with  much  shame  and  hate," 

Pr. — "  Do  you  not  yet  bear  hence  with  you  some  of  the 
things  that  you  well  knew  there  1 " 

Ghr. — "  Yes,  but  much  in  strife  with  my  will ;  the  more 
so  the  crass  thoughts  of  my  heart,  with  which  all  the  folk 
of  my  land,  as  well  as  I,  would  find  joy  ;  but  now  all  those 
things  are  my  grief,  and  might  I  but  choose  mine  own 
things,  I  would  choose  not  to  think  of  those  things  more  ; 
but  when  I  would  do  that  which  is  best,  that  which  is 
worst  is  with  me." 

Pr. — "  And  what  is  it  that  makes  you  so  long  to  go  to 
Mount  Zion  ?  " 

Ghr. — "  Why,  there  I  hope  to  see  Him  live  that  did 
hang  dead  on  the  cross  ;  and  there  I  hope  to  be  rid  of  all 
those  things  that  to  this  day  are  in  me  and  do  vex  me  : 
there  they  say  there  is  no  death ;  and  there  I  shall  dwell 
with  such  folk  as  I  like  best." 

Then  said  Charity  to  Christian,  "  Have  you  bairns,  and 
nave  you  a  wife  %  " 

Ghr. — "  I  have  a  wife  and  four  small  bairns." 

Char. — "  And  why  did  you  not  bring  them  on  with  you'?1' 

Then  Christian  wept  and  said,  "  Oh,  fain  would  I  have 
done  it !  but  they  were  all  of  them  loath  to  let  me  leave 
them." 

Char. — "But  you  should  have  sought  to  show  them  the 
risks  they  ran  when  they  hehi-J^ack." 


Hypocrisy  would  fain  have  Christian  think  he  was  on  the  way 
to  Zion.--Page  34.  Pilgrim's  Prog  °s». 


The  Palace  Beautiful.  35 

Chr. — "  So  I  did ;  and  told  them,  too,  that  God  had 
shown  to  me  how  that  our  town  would  come  to  wrack ; 
but  they  thought  I  did  but  mock,  and  they  put  no  faith  in 
what  I  said." 

Char. — "But  what  could  they  say  to  show  cause  why 
they  came  not  %  " 


CHRISTIAN    TELLS   CHARITY    AND    HER    SISTERS  ABOUT    HIS    FAMILY. 

(Jhr. — "  Why,  my  wife  was  loath  to  lose  this  world ; 
and  my  bairns  were  bent  on  the  rash  joys  of  youth"  so, 
what  by  this  thing,  and  what  by  that  thing,  they  left  me 
to  roam  in  this  lone  way." 

Char. — "  But  did  you  not  with  your  vain  life  damp  all 


36  The  Pilgrim? s  Progress. 

that  you  by  words  made  use  of  as  force  to  bring  them  off 
with  you  1 " 

Chr. — "  In  sooth,  I  must  not  say  aught  for  my  life,  as  I 
know  full  well  what  blurs  there  are  in  it.  I  know,  too, 
that  a  man  by  his  deeds  may  soon  set  at  naught  what  by 
sound  speech  and  wit  of  words  he  doth  strive  to  fix  on 
some  for  their  good.  Yet  this  I  can  say,  I  took  heed  not 
to  give  them  cause,  by  a  false  act,  to  shirk  the  step  I  tookf 
and  not  set  out  with  me.  Yea,  for  this  sole  thing  they 
would  tell  me  I  was  too  nice ;  and  that  I  would  not  touch 
of  things  in  which  they  saw  no  guile." 

Char. — "In  truth,  Cain  did  hate  him  who  came  of  the 
same  blood,  for  that  his  works  were  bad,  and  Abel's  not 
so  ;  and  if  thy  wife  and  bairns  have  thought  ill  of  thee  for 
this,  they  show  by  it  that  they  are  foes  to  good ;  and  thou 
hast  set  free  thy  soul  from  their  blood." 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  thus  they  sat  and  spoke 
each  to  each  till  the  meal  was  laid  on  the  board ;  and  all 
their  talk  while  they  ate  was  of  the  Lord  of  the  hill ;  as, 
in  sooth,  of  what  he  had  done,  and  why  it  was  he  did  what 
he  did,  and  why  he  had  built  that  house. 

They,  in  like  way,  gave  prompt  proof  of  what  they  said, 
and  that  was,  he  had  stript  him  of  his  rich  robes,  that  he 
might  do  this  for  the  poor ;  and  that  they  heard  him  say, 
with  stern  stress,  that  he  would  not  dwell  in  the  Mount  of 
Zion  in  a  lone  way.  They  said,  too,  that  he  made  a  host 
of  poor  ones  kings,  though  by  the  law  of  their  birth  they 
were  born  to  live  on  bare  alms,  and  their  first  state  had 
been  low  and  bad. 

Thus  they  spoke,  this  one  to  that  one,  till  late  at  night ; 
and  when  they  had  put  them  in  the  Lord's  care  they  went 
to  rest. 


Then  he  set  forth:  but  Discretion,  Piety.  Charity,  and  Prudence 
would  go  with  him  down  to  the  foot  of  the  hill. 
(Page  38)  (The   Pilgrim's  Progress.) 


The  Palace  Beautiful.  37 

The  next  day  they  took  him  and  had  him  in  the  place 
in  which  arms  were  kept,  where  he  was  shown  all  sorts  of 
things  which  their  Lord  had  put  there  for  such  as  he,  as 
sword,  shield,  casque,  plate  for  breast,  All-prayer^  and 
shoes  that  would  not  wear  out.  And  there  was  here  as 
much  of  this  as  would  fit  out  a  host  of  men  to  serve  the 
Lord. 

In  like  way  did  they  show  him  some  of  the  means  with 
which  some  of  his  friends  had  done  things  that  strike  one 
with  awe.  He  was  shown  the  jaw-bone  of  the  ass  with 
which  Samson  did  such  great  feats.  More  than  this,  he 
was  shown  the  sling  and  stone  with  which  David  slew 
Goliath  of  Gath.  But  more  things  still  were  shown  to  him, 
in  all  of  which  Christian  felt  much  joy.  This  done,  they 
went  to  their  rest  once  more. 

Then  T  saw  in  my  dream  that  on  the  morn  he  got  up  to 
go  forth,  but  they  fain  would  have  him  sta}^  till  the  next 
day;  "  and  then,"  said  they,  "  we  will,  if  the  day  be  clear, 
show  you  the  Delectable  Mountains,  which,"  they  said, 
"  would  yet  the  more  add  to  his  bliss,  for  that  they  were 
yet  more  nigh  the  port  than  the  place  where  at  that  time 
he  was."     So  he  thought  it  well  to  stay. 

When  the  morn  was  up,  they  had  him  to  the  top  of  the 
house,  and  bid  him  look  south  ;  so  he  did,  and  lo,  a  long 
way  off,  he  saw  a  fair  land,  full  of  high  hills,  clad  with 
woods,  vine  grounds,  fruits  of  all  sorts,  plants  as  well,  with 
springs  and  founts,  most  bright  to  look  on.  They  said  it 
was  Immanuel's  Land  ;  "  and  it  is  as  free,"  said  they,  "  as 
this  hill  is  to  and  for  all  that  are  in  the  way.  And  when 
thou  dost  come  there  from  thence,"  said  they,  "thou  canst 
see  to  the  gate  of  the  Celestial  City,  as  those  who  watch 
their  flocks  and  live  there  will  show  thee." 


'38  The  Pilgrim }s  Progress. 

Now  he  thought  it  was  due  time  to  set  forth,  and  they 
were  glad  that  he  should.  "  But  first,"  said  they,  "  let  us 
go  once  more  to  where  the  arms  are  kept."  So  they  did. 
And  when  he  came  there  they  clad  him  in  coat  of  mail, 
which  was  of  proof,  from  head  to  foot,  lest  he  should 
chance  meet  with  foes  in  the  way. 

He  then,  in  this  gear,  came  out  with  his  friends  to  the 
gate,  and  there  he  would  know  of  the  Porter  "  if  he  saw 
one  pass  by  %  " 

Then  the  Porter  said  "  Yes." 

Chr. — "  Pray  did  you  know  him  ?  " 

Por. — "  I  did  ask  his  name,  and  he  told  me  it  was 
Faithful." 

"  Oh,"  said  Christian,  "  I  know  him  :  he  is  from  the 
same  town,  and  lives  nigh  to  where  I  dwell :  he  comes 
from  the  place  where  I  was  born.  How  far  do  you  think 
he  may  be  on  the  road  %  " 

Pov. — "  He  has  got  by  this  time  more  than  to  the  foot 
of  the  hill." 

Then  he  set  forth  :  but  Discretion,  Piety,  Charity,  and 
Prudence  would  go  with  him  down  to  the  foot  of  the  hill. 
Then  said  Christian,  "  As  it  was  hard  to  come  up,  so,  so 
far  as  I  can  see,  it  is  a  risk  to  go  down."  "  Yes,"  said 
Prudence,  "  so  it  is  ;  for  it  is  a  hard  thing  for  a  man  to  go 
down  in  the  Vale  of  Humiliation,  as  thou  art  now,  and  to 
catch  no  slip  by  the  way  ;  hence,"  said  they,  "  we  are 
come  out  to  see  thee  safe  down  the  hill."  So  he  strove  to 
go  down,  but  with  great  heed  ;  yet  he  caught  a  slip  or  two. 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  these  good  friends,  when 
Christian  was  gone  down  to  the  foot  of  the  hill,  gave  him 
a  loaf  of  bread,  a  flask  of  wine,  and  a  bunch  of  dry  grapes ; 
and  then  he  went  on  his  way. 


Apollyon.  39 

CHAPTER  IX. 

APOLLYOK. 

But  now,  in  this  Vale  of  Humiliation,  poor  Christian 
was  hard  put  to  it ;  for  he  had  gone  but  a  short  way,  when 
he  saw  a  foul  fiend  come  through  the  field  to  meet  him  : 
his  name  is  Apollyon. 

So  he  went  on,  and  Apollyon  met  him.  Now  the  ghoul 
did  shock  one's  eyes  to  look  on  :  he  was  clad  with  scales 
like  a  fish  ;  he  had  wings  like  a  huge  bat,  feet  like  a  bear, 
and  out  of  his  throat  came  fire  and  smoke,  and  his  mouth 
was  as  the  mouth  of  the  king  of  beasts.  When  he  came 
up  to  Christian  he  gave  him  a  look  of  scorn,  and  thus 
sought  to  sift  him. 

Apol.—"  Whence  came  you?  and  to  what  place  are  you 
bound  ?  " 

Gfir. — "  I  am  come  from  the  City  of  Destruction,  which 
is  the  place  of  all  ill,  and  am  on  my  way  to  Mount  2ion." 

Apol. — "  By  this  I  know  thou  art  one  of  my  serfs  ;  for 
all  that  land  is  mine  ;  and  I  am  the  prince  and  god  of  it." 
How  is  it,  then,  that  thou  hast  run  off  from  thy  king  1 
Were  it  not  that  I  hope  thou  wilt  serve  me  yet  more,  I 
would  strike  thee  now  at  one  blow  to  the  ground." 

Chr.~"  I  was  born,  in  sooth,  in  your  realm,  but  to 
serve  thee  was  hard,  and  your  pay  such  as  a  man  could 
not  live  on  ;  *  for  the  meed  of  sin  is  death ':  for  this  cause, 
when  I  was  come  to  years,  I  did,  as  some  who  think  do, 
look  out  if  so  be  I  might  mend  my  state.  I  have  let  my 
help  to  some  one  else ;  and  to  no  less  than  the  King  o£ 
Kings." 


40  The  Pilgrim's  Progress, 

Apol. — "  Think  yet,  while  thou  art  in  cool  blood,  what 
thou  art  like  to  meet  with  in  the  way  that  thou  dost  go. 
Thou  art  not  blind  that  for  the  most  part  those  who  serve 
him  come  to  an  ill  end,  for  that  they  spurn  my  laws  and 
walk  not  in  my  paths.  What  a  host  of  them  have  been 
put  to  deaths  of  shame  !  And  still  thou  dost  count  that  to 
serve  him  is  best ;  when,  in  sooth,  he  has  not  yet  come 
from  the  place  where  he  is,  to  save  one  that  stood  by  his 
cause,  out  of  my  hands." 

Chr. — "  He  does  not  seek  so  soon  to  save  them,  so  as  to 
try  their  love,  and  find  if  they  will  cleave  to  him  to  the 
end  ;  and  as  for  the  ill  end  thou  dost  say  they  come  to,  that 
tells  for  their  good  :  for  to  be  set  free  now  they  do  not 
much  look  for  it ;  for  they  stay  for  their  meed ;  and  they 
shall  have  it  when  their  Prince  comes  in  the  might  of  the 
bright  hosts  that  wait  on  him." 

Apol. — "  Thon  hast  erst  been  false  in  thy  turns  to  serve 
him  ;  and  how  dost  thou  think  to  get  pay  of  him  %  " 

Chr. — "  All  this  is  true  ;  but  the  Prince  whom  I  serve 
and  love  is  sure  to  show  ruth.  Bat,  let  me  say,  these 
faults  held  hold  of  me  in  thy  land ;  for  there  I  did  suck 
them  in,  and  they  have  made  me  groan  and  grieve  for 
them  ;  whence  I  have  got  the  grace  of  my  Prince." 

Then  Apollyon  broke  out  in  a  sore  rage,  and  said,  "  I  am 
a  foe  to  this  Prince  :  I  hate  him,  his  laws,  and  they  who 
serve  him.  I  am  come  out  with  the  view  to  make  thee 
yield." 

Chr. — "  Apollyon,  take  heed  what  you  do  ;  for  1  am  on 
the  King's  high  road,  the  way  of  grace ;  for  which  cause 
mind  how  you  act." 

Then  did  Christian  draw ;  for  he  saw  it  was  time  for  him 
to  stir  ;  and  Apollyon  as  fast  made  at  him,  and  threw  darts  as 


Apollyon.  41 

thick  as  hail,  by  the  which*  m  spite  of  ail  that  Christian 
could  do  to  shift  it,  Apollyon  hit  him  in  his  head,  his  hand, 
and  foot.  This  made  Christian  give  some  back  :  Apollyon 
then  went  to  his  work  with  heart,  and  Christian  once  more 
took  heart,  and  met  his  foe  as  well  as  he  could. 

Then  Apollyon,  as  he  saw  his  time  had  come,  made  up 
close  to  Christian,  and  as  he  strove  to  throw  him  gave  him 
a  dread  fall ;  and  with  that  Christian's  sword  flew  out  of 
his  hrjid.  Then  said  Apollyon,  "  I  am  sure  of  thee  now !  " 
and  with  that  he  did  nigh  pr^ss  him  to  death  ;  so  that 
Christian  had  slight  hope  of  life.  But,  as  God  would  have 
it,  while  Apollyon  dealt  his  last  blow,  by  that  means  to 
make  a  full  end  of  this  good  man,  Christian  at  once  put 
out  his  hand  for  his  sword,  caught  it,  and  said,  "  When  I 
fall,  I  shall  then  rise  ";  and  with  that  gave  him  a  fierce 
thrust;  which  made  him  give  back  as  one  that  had  got 
his  death  wound.  Christian  saw  that,  and  made  at  him 
once  more,  while  he  said,  "  Nay,  in  all  these  things  we 
more  than  gain  the  prize  through  him  that  loves  us  ";  and 
with  that  Apollyon  spread  forth  his  foul  wings  and  sped 
him  off,  that  Christian  saw  no  more  of  him. 

So  when  the  fight  came  to  a  close,  Christian  said,  "  I 
will  here  give  thanks  to  him  that  hath  kept  me  out  of  the 
mouth  of  the  chief  of  beasts,  to  him  that  did  help  me  in 
the  strife  with  Apollyon." 

Then  there  came  to  him  a  hand  with  some  of  the  leaves 
of  the  "  tree  of  life,"  the  which  Christian  took  and  laid 
them  on  the  wounds  that  he  had  got  in  the  strife,  and  war 
made  whole  at  once. 


42  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

CHAPTER  X. 

THE  VALLEY  OF  THE  SHADOW  OF  DEATH. 

Now  at  the  end  of  this  vale  was  one  more,  known  as  the 
Vale  of  the  Shade  of  Death,  and  Christian  must  needs  go 
through  it,  for  this  cause,  that  the  way  to  the  Celestial 
City  lay  through  the  midst  of  it. 

I  saw  then  in  my  dream,  so  far  as  the  bounds  of  the 
Vale,  there  was  on  the  right  hand  a  most  deep  ditch ;  that 
ditch  is  it  to  which  the  blind  have  led  the  blind  in  each 
age,  and  have  both  there  lost  their  lives. 

Once  more,  lo,  on  the  left  hand  there  was  a  fell  quag,  in 
the  which,  strange  to  say,  if  a  good  man  falls  he  finds  no 
ground  for  his  foot  to  stand  on. 

The  path  was  here  quite  strait,  and  hence  good  Christian 
was  the  more  put  to  it ;  for  when  he  sought  in  the  dark  to 
shun  the  ditch  on  the  one  hand,  he  was  prone  to  tip  on  one 
side  souse  in  the  mire  on  the  next. 

Nigh  the  midst  of  the  vale  I  saw  the  mouth  of  hell  to  be, 
and  it  stood,  too,  hard  by  the  side  of  the  way.  And  at 
times  the  flame  and  smoke  would  come  out  so  thick  and 
with  such  force,  that  he  had  to  put  up  his  sword  and  seize 
more  fit  arms,  known  as  All-prayer  ;  so  I  heard  him  cry, 
"  0  Lord,  I  pray  thee  save  my  soul !  " 

Thus  he  went  on  a  great  while  ;  and  as  he  came  to  a 
place  where  he  thought  he  heard  a  band  of  fiends  come 
forth  to  meet  him,  he  stopt,  and  did  muse  what  he  had 
best  to  dc.  He  brought  to  mind  how  he  had  of  late  held 
his  foes  at  bay,  and  that  the  risk  to  go  back  might  be  much 
more  than  to  go  on.     So  he  made  up  his  mind  to  go  on : 


The  Valley  of  the  Shadow  of  Death.  43 

yet  the  fiends  did  seem  to  come  near  and  more  near.  But 
when  they  were  come  just  at  him  he  did  cry  with  a  loud 
voice,  "  I  will  Avalk  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord  God  ":  sq 
they  gave  back,  and  came  on  no  more. 

When  Christian  had  trod  on  in  this  lorn  state  some 
length  of  time,  he  thought  he  heard  the  voice  of  a  man, 
as  if  in  front  of  him,  say  thus  :  "Though.  I  walk  through 
the  vale  of  the  shade  of  death  I  will  fear  no  ill :  for  Thou 
art  with  me." 

Then  was  he  glad  for  that  he  learnt  from  thence  that 
some  who  fear  God  were  in  this  vale  as  well  as  he  ;  that 
God  was  with  them,  though  in  that  dark  and  dire  state. 
So  he  went  on.  And  by  and  by  the  day  broke.  Then 
said  Christian,  "  He    doth    turn    the    shade    of  death  to 


morn." 


Now  as  morn  had  come,  he  gave  a  look  back  to  see  by 
the  light  of  the  day  what  risks  he  had  gone  through  in  the 
dark.  So  he  had  a  more  clear  view  of  the  ditch  that  was 
on  the  one  hand,  and  the  quag  that  was  on  the  next ;  in 
like  way  he  saw  how  strait  the  way  was  which  lay  twixt 
them  both.  And  just  at  this  time  the  sun  rose  ;  and  this 
was  one  more  boon  to  Christian :  for,  from  the  place  where 
he  now  stood  as  far  as  to  the  end  of  the  vale,  the  way  was 
all  through  set  so  full  of  snares,  traps,  gins,  and  nets,  here ; 
and  so  full  of  pits,  falls,  deep  holes,  and  slopes,  down 
there ;  that  had  it  now  been  dark,  as  it  was  when  he  came 
the  first  part  of  the  way,  had  he  had  five  times  ten  score 
souls,  they  had  for  this  cause  been  cast  off.  But,  as  I  saip1 
just  now,  the  sun  did  rise. 

In  this  light  hence  he  came  to  the  end  of  the  vale- 


44  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

CHAPTER  XL 

CHEISTIAN  AND  FAITHFUL. 

Now  as  Christian  went  on  his  way  he  came  to  a  ^mall 
height,  which  was  cast  up  so  that  those  who  came  that 
way  might  see  in  front  of  them.  Up  there,  then,  Christian 
went :  and,  with  a  glance,  saw  Faithful  some  way  on  the 
road. 

At  this  Christian  set  out  with  all  his  strength,  and  soon 
got  up  with  Faithful,  and  did,  in  sooth,  leave  him  lag,  so 
that  the  last  was  first.  Then  did  Christian  wear  a  proud 
smile,  for  that  he  had  got  the  start  of  his  friend  :  but  as  he 
did  not  take  good  heed  to  his  feet,  he  soon  struck  some 
tuft  and  fell,  and  could  not  rise  till  Faithful  came  up  to 
help  him. 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream,  they  went  on  with  good  will 
side  by  side,  and  had  sweet  talk  of  all  things  that  they  had 
met  with  on  their  way :  and  thus  Christian  first  spoke : 

"  My  most  dear  friend  Faithful,  I  am  glad  I  have  come 
up  with  you ;  and  that  God  hath  so  made  us  of  one  mind 
that  we  can  walk  as  friends  in  this  so  fair  a  path.  Tell 
me  now  what  you  have  met  with  in  the  way  as  you  came: 
for  I  know  you  have  met  with  some  things,  or  else  it  may 
be  writ  for  a  strange  pass." 

Fed. — "  I  got  clear  of  the  slough  that  I  see  you  fell  in, 
and  came  up  to  the  gate  free  from  that  risk.  When  I 
came  to  the  foot  of  the  hill  known  as  Difficulty,  I  met  with 
an  old  man,  who  would  know  what  I  was,  and  to  what 
place  I  was  bound  ?  Then  said  the  old  man,  '  Thou  dost 
look  like  a  frank  soul:  wilt  thou  stay  and  dwell  with  me 


46  The  Pilgrim }s  Progress. 

for  the  pay  that  I  shall  give  thee  1 '  Then  I  did  ask  his 
name,  and  where  he  dwelt  1  He  said,  '  His  name  was 
Adam  the  First,  and  he  dwelt  in  the  Town  of  Deceit.'  He 
told  me,  '  That  his  work  was  fraught  with  joys,  and  his 
pay,  that  I  should  be  his  heir  at  last.'  I  then  would  know 
what  kin  he  had  ?  He  said,  '  He  had  but  three  maids, 
"  the  Lust  of  the  flesh,  the  Lust  of  the  eyes,  and  the  Pride 
of  life,"  and  that  I  should  wive  with  one  of  them,  if  I 
would." 

Chr. — "  Well,  and  what  close  came  the  old  man  and  you 
to  at  last  ?  " 

Fai. — "  Why,  at  first  I  would  lief  go  with  the  man,  for 
I  thought  he  spake  full  fair  ;  but  when  I  gave  a  look  in  his 
brow,  as  I  spoke  with  him,  I  saw  there  writ,  '  Put  off  the 
old  man  with  his  deeds.'  Then  it  came  red  hot  to  my 
mind,  that  spite  of  all  he  said,  and  his  smooth  ways,  when 
he  got  me  home  to  his  house  he  would  sell  me  for  a  slave. 
So  I  went  off  from  him :  but  just  as  I  set  round  to  go 
thence,  I  felt  him  take  hold  of  my  flesh,  and  give  me  such 
a  dread  twitch  back,  that  I  thought  he  did  pull  part  of  me 
with  him.     So  I  went  on  my  way  up  the  hill. 

"  Now,  when  I  had  got  nigh  half  way  up,  I  gave  a  look 
back,  and  saw  one  move  on  in  my  steps,  swift  as  the  wind  ; 
so  he  came  up  with  me  just  by  the  place  where  the  bench 
stands.  So  soon  as  the  man  came  up  with  me,  it  was  but 
a  word  and  a  blow,  for  down  he  flung  me,  and  laid  me  for 
dead.  But,  when  I  got  free  from  the  shock,  I  would  know 
why  it  was  he  dealt  with  me  so  %  He  said,  '  For  that  I  did 
in  my  heart  cleave  to  Adam  the  First':  and  with  that  he 
struck  me  one  more  fierce  blow  on  the  breast,  and  beat  me 
down  on  the  back.  He  had,  no  doubt,  made  an  end  of  me, 
but  that  one  came  by  and  bid  him  stay  his  hand." 


This  is  Discontent,  who  would  fain  have  Christian  go  back 
with  him  once  JPl ore. — Page  47.  Pilgrim's  Progress, 


Christian,  and  Faithful.  47 

<jhr. — "  Who  was  that  that  bid  him  stay  his  hand  %  " 

Fai.—'  1  did  not  know  him  ai  first,  but  as  he  went  by 
I  saw  the  holes  in  his  hands  and  in  his  side :  then  I  felt 
sure  that  he  was  our  Lord.     So  I  went  up  the  hill." 

Ghr. — "  That  man  that  came  up  with  you  was  Moses. 
He  spares  not,  nor  knows  he  how  to  show  grace  to  those 
that  break  his  law.  But  did  you  not  see  the  house  that 
stood  there  on  the  top  of  the  hill,  on  the  side  of  which 
Moses  met  you  %  " 

Fai. — "  Yes,  and  the  wild  beasts,  too,  ere  I  came  at  it : 
but,  as  I  had  so  much  of  the  day  to  spend,  I  came  by  the 
man  at  the  lodge,  and  then  down  the  hill." 

Ghr. — "  But,  pray  tell  me,  did  you  meet  with  no  one  in 
the  Vale  of  Humility  I  " 

Fai. — "  Yes,  I  met  with  one  Discontent,  who  would  fain 
have  me  to  go  back  once  more  with  him  :  his  cause  was,  for 
thai?  the  vale  did  not  bear  a  good  name." 

Ghr.- — "  Met  you  with  naught  else  in  that  vale  1 " 

Fai. — -"  Yes,  I  met  with  Shame :  but  of  all  men  that  I 
met  with  in  my  way,  he,  I  think,  bears  the  wrong  name." 

Ghr. — u  Why,  what  did  he  say  to  you  V 

Fai,—(i  What !  Why,  he  did  flout  at  faith.  He  said  it 
was  a  poor,  low,  mean  thing  for  a  man  to  mind  faith;  he 
said  that  a  soul  that  shrinks  from  sin  is  not  fit  for  a  man. 
He  said,  too,  that  but  few  of  the  great,  rich,  or  wise  held 
my  views  ;  nor  did  those  till  they  were  led  to  be  fools,  and 
to  be  of  a  free  mind  to  run  the  loss  of  all  for  none  else 
knows  what.  More  than  this,  he  said  such  were  of  a  base 
and  low  caste,  and  knew  naught  of  those  things  which  are 
the  boast  of  the  wise.  Yea,  he  did  hold  me  to  it  that  it 
was  a  shame  to  ask  grace  of  folk  for  slight  faults,  or  to  give 
back  that  which  I  did  take.     He  said,  too,  that  faith  made 


48 


The  PilgrirriJs  Progress. 


a  man  grow  strange  to  the  great,  and  made  him  own  and 
prize  the  base  :  '  and  is  not  this,'  said  he,  '  a  shame  %  '  " 

Ghr. — "  And  what  did  you  say  to  him  %  " 

Fai. — "  Say  !  I  could  not  tell  what  to  say  at  first.  Yea, 
he  put  me  so  to  it  that  my  blood  came  up  in  my  face  ;  aye, 
this  Shame  did  fetch  it  up,  and  had,  too,  beat  me  quite  off. 


FAITHFUL    RESISTS    SHAME. 


But  at  last  I  thought  that  that  which  men  prize  was  base 
in  the  sight  of  God.  Hence,  thought  I,  what  God  says  is 
best,  is  best,  though  all  the  men  in  the  world  are  foes  to  it. 
As,  then,  God  likes  his  faith;  as  God  likes  a  soul  that 
shrinks  from  sin ;  and  as  they  are  most  wise  who  wear  the 
guise  of  fools  to  gain  a  crown  ;,  and  that  the  poor  man  that 


Christian  and  Faithful.  49 

ioves  Christ  is  more  rich  than  the  man  that  sways  a  world, 
that  hates  him  ;  Shame,  go  thy  way,  thou  art  a  foe  to  my 
soul's  weal.  But,  in  sooth,  this  Shame  was  a  bold  knave ; 
I  could  scarce  shake  him  out  of  my  way  :  but  at  last  I  told 
him  it  was  but  in  vain  to  strive  with  me  from  that  time 
forth.     And  when  I  shook  him  off,  then  I  sang— 

"  The  tests  that  those  men  meet,  with  all  men  else 
That  bow  their  wills  to  the  high  call  of  God, 
Are  great ;  and  well,  I  wist,  do  suit  the  flesh, 
And  come,  and  come,  and  come  e'en  yet  once  more  ; 
That  now,  or  some  time  else,  we  by  them  may 
Be  held  in  thrall,  flung  down,  and  cast  sheer  off : 
O,  let  those  in  the  way,  let  all  such,  then, 
Be  sharp,  and  quick,  and  quit  them  like  true  men.'* 

Chr. — "  I  am  glad,  my  friend,  that  thou  didst  strive 
with  this  knave  in  so  brave  a  way  ;  for  he  is  so  bold  as  to 
trace  our  steps  in  the  streets,  and  to  try  to  put  us  to  shame 
in  the  sight  of  all  men ;  that  is,  to  make  us  feel  shame  in 
that  which  is  good." 

Fai. — "  I  think  we  must  cry  to  Him  for  help  in  our  frays 
with  Shame,  that  would  have  us  '  Stand  up  for  truth  on  the 
earth.'  " 

Chr. — "  You  say  true  :  but  did  you  meet  none  else  in 
that  vale  ?  " 

Fai. — "  No,  not  I ;  for  I  had  the  sun  with  me  all  the 
rest  of  the  way  through  that,  as  well  as  through  the  Vale 
of  the  Shade  of  Death." 

Chr. — "  It  was  well  for  you  ;  I  am  sure  it  did  fare  far 
worse  with  me.  I  thought  I  should  have  lost  my  life  there 
more  than  once  :  but  at  last  day  broke,  and  the  sun  rose, 
and  I  went  through  that  which  was  to  the  front  of  me  with 
far  more  ease  and  peace." 


50  The  Pilgrim }s  Progress, 

CHAPTER  XII. 

TALKATIVE. 

Moee  than  this,  I  saw  in  my  dream,  that  as  they  went 
on,  Faithful  saw  a  man  whose  name  is  Talkative,  walk 
some  way  off  by  the  side  of  them  :  for  in  this  place  there 
was  full  room  for  them  all  to  walk.  To  this  man  Faithful 
spoke  in  such  wise  : 

"  Friend,  to  what  place  dost  thou  go  ?  dost  thou  go  to 
the  blest  land  ?  " 

Talk. — "  I  am  bound  to  that  same  place." 

Fai. — "  Come  on  then,  and  let  us  go  side  by  side,  and 
let  us  spend  our  time  well,  by  wise  speech  that  tends  to 
use." 

Talk. — "  To  talk  of  things  that  are  good,  I  like  much, 
with  you  or  with  some  one  else.  For,  to  speak  the  truth, 
there  are  but  few  that  care  thus  to  spend  their  time,  as 
they  are  on  their  way." 

Fai. — "  That  is,  in  sooth,  a  thing  to  mourn  ;  for  what 
thing  so  meet  for  the  use  of  the  tongue  and  mouth  of  men 
on  earth,  as  are  the  things  of  the  great  God  on  high  %  " 

Talk. — "  I  like  you  right  well,  for  what  you  say  is  full 
of  force  ;  and,  I  will  add,  what  thing  doth  so  please  or 
what  brings  such  a  boon  as  to  talk  of  the  things  of  God  %  " 

Fai. — "  That  is  true  ;  but  to  gain  good  by  such  things 
in  our  talk,  should  be  that  which  we  seek." 

Talk. — "  That  is  it  that  I  said  ;  for  to  talk  of  such 
things  is  of  great  use  :  for  by  this  means  a  man  may  get 
to  know  a  fair  share  of  things  ;  as  how  vain  are  the  things 
of  earth  ;  and  how  good  are  the  things  that  fail  not.  Then, 


Faithful  saw  a  man  whose  name  is  Talkative,  who  said,   "  Friend, 
to  what  place  dost  thou  go?  dost  thou  go  to   the  blest  land?  " — 
50.  Pilgrim's  Progress. 


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Talkative.  51 

by  this,  a  man  may  learn  by  talk  what  it  is  to  mourn  for 
sin,  to  have  faith,  to  pray,  to  bear  grief,  or  the  like.  By 
this,  too,  a  man  may  learn  what  it  is  that  soothes,  and 
what  are  the  high  hopes  set  forth  in  the  Word  of  the 
Grace  of  God  ;  to  his  own  peace." 

"Well,  then,"  said  Faithful,  "what  is  that  one  thing 
that  we  shall  at  this  time  found  our  speech  on  %  " 

Talk. — "  What  you  will  -.  I  will  talk  of  things  not  of 
earth,  or  of  things  of  earth ;  things  of  life,  or  things  of 
grace  ;  things  pure,  or  things  of  the  world  ;  so  that  we  but 
gain  good  by  it." 

Now  did  Faithful  think  this  strange ;  so  he  came  up  to 
Christian,  and  said  to  him  in  a  soft  voice,  "  What  a  brave 
friend  have  Ave  got !  Of  a  truth,  this  man  will  do  well  in 
the  way." 

At  this  Christian  gave  a  meek  smile,  and  said,  "  This 
man,  whom  you  so  take  to,  will  cheat  with  this  tongue  of 
his  a  score  of  them  that  know  him  not." 

Fai. — "  Do  you  know  him  then  %  " 

Ghr. — "  Know  him  !  Yes  ;  his  name  is  Talkative ;  he 
dwells  in  our  town.  I  wist  not  how  you  should  be  strange 
to  him." 

Fai. — "  Well,  he  seems  to  be  a  man  of  good  looks." 

Ghr. — "  That  is,  to  them  that  know  him  not  through  and 
through :  for  he  is  best  out  of  doors ;  near  home  his  looks 
are  as  bad  as  you  could  find." 

Fai. — "  But  I  fain  think  you  do  but  jest,  as  I  saw  you 
smile." 

Ghr. — "  God  grant  not  that  I  should  jest  in  this  case,  or 
that  I  should  speak  false  of  one.  I  will  let  you  see  him  in 
a  clear  light.  This  man  cares  not  with  whom  he  picks  up, 
or  how  he  talks  :  as  he  talks  now  with  you,  so  will  he  talk 


52  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

when  he  is  on  the  bench,  with  ale  by  his  side ;  and  the 
more  drink  he  has  in  his  crown,  the  more  of  these  things 
he  hath  in  his  mouth." 

Fai. — "  Say  you  so  %  then  am  I  wrong  in  my  thoughts 
of  this  man." 

Ghr. — "  Wrong !  You  may  be  sure  of  it.  He  talks  of 
what  it  is  to  pray ;  to  mourn  for  sin ;  of  faith,  and  of  the 
new  birth  ;  but  he  knows  but  how  to  talk  of  them.  I  have 
been  in  his  home,  and  have  seen  him  both  in  and  out  of 
doors,  and  I  know  what  I  say  of  him  is  the  truth.  His 
house  is  as  void  of  the  fear  of  God  as  the  white  of  an  egg 
is  of  taste.  They  pray  not  there,  nor  is  there  a  sign  of 
grief  for  sin :  yea,  the  brute,  in  his  kind,  serves  God  more 
than  he." 

Fai. — "  Well,  my  fHbnd,  I  am  bound  to  trust  you  ;  not 
for  that  you  say  you  know  him,  but  in  like  way,  for  that, 
like  one  who  has  the  mind  of  Christ,  you  judge  of  men." 

Chr. — "  Had  I  known  him  no  more  than  you  I  might,  it 
may  be,  have  thought  of  him  as  at  the  first  you  did ;  but 
all  these  things,  yea,  and  much  more  as  bad,  which  I  do 
bring  to  mind,  I  can  prove  him  to  have  the  guilt  of." 

Fai. — "  Well,  I  see  that  to  say  and  to  do  are  two  things ; 
and  by  and  by  I  shall  take  more  note  of  this." 

Cha. — "  They  are  two  things,  in  sooth,  and  are  no  more 
like  than  are  the  soul  and  flesh ;  for,  as  the  flesh  void  of 
the  soul  is  but  a  dead  lump  :  so  to  say,  if  it  stand  loose,  is 
but  a  dead  lump  too.  This  Talkative  does  not  know.  He 
thinks  that  to  hear  and  to  say  will  make  a  good  man,  and 
thus  he  cheats  his  own  soul.  To  hear  is  but  to  sow  the 
seed ;  to  talk  is  not  full  proof  that  fruit  is  deep  in  the 
heart  and  life  ;  and  let  us  feel  sure  that  at  the  day  of  doom 
men  shall  reap  just  as  they  have  sown.     It  will  not  be  said 


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Talkative.  53 

then,  'Did  you  have  faith'?3  but  'Did  you  do  or  talk?1 
when  they  shall  have  their  due  meed." 

Fai. — "  Well,  I  was  not  so  fond  to  be  with  him  at  first, 
but  am  as  sick  of  him  now.  What  shall  we  do  to  be  rid 
of  him?" 

Ghr. — "  Be  led  by  me,  and  do  as  I  bid  you,  and  you 
shall  find  that  he  will  soon  be  sick  of  you,  too,  save  God 
shall  touch  his  heart  and  turn  it." 

Fai. — "  What  would  you  have  me  to  do  ?  " 

Ghr. — "  Why,  go  to  him.  and  take  up  some  grave  theme 
on  the  might  of  faith." 

Then  Faithful  gave  a  step  forth  once  more,  and  said  to 
Talkative,  "  Come,  what  cheer?  how  is  it  now  ?  " 

Talk. — "  Thank  you,  well ;  I  thought  we  should  have 
had  a  great  deal  of  talk  by  this  time." 

Fai. — "  Well,  if  you  will,  we  will  fall  to  it  now  ;  and 
since  you  left  it  with  me  to  state  the  theme,  let  it  be  this : 
How  doth  the  grace  of  God  that  saves,  show  forth  signs 
when  it  is  in  the  heart  of  man  1 " 

Talk. — "  I  see,  then,  that  our  talk  must  be  of  the  might 
<X  things.  Well,  it  is  a  right  good  theme,  and  I  shall  try 
to  speak  on  it ;  and  take  what  I  say  in  brief,  thus :  First, 
where  the  grace  of  God  is  in  the  heart  it  makes  one  cry 
out  on  sin.     In  the  next  place -" 

Fai. — "  Nay,  hold  ;  let  us  dwell  on  one  at  once  :  I  think 
you  should  say  in  lieu  of  this,  it  shows  by  the  way  in 
which  the  soul  loathes  its  sin.  A  man  may  cry  out  on  sin 
to  aid  his  own  ends,  but  he  fails  to  loathe  it,  save  God 

akes  him  do  so.     Some  cry  out  on  sin,  just  as  the  dame 
pth  cry  out  on  her  child  in  her  lap,  when  she  calls  it  bad 

rl,  and  then  falls  to  hug  and  kiss  it." 
Talk. — "  You  lie  at  the  catch,  I  see." 


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54  The   Pilgrim's  Progress. 

Fai. — "  No,  not  I ;  I  but  try  to  set  things  right.  But 
what  is  the  next  thing  by  which  you  would  prove  to  make 
known  the  work  of  grace  in  the  heart  1 " 

Talk. — "  To  know  much  of  the  deep  things  of  God." 

Fai. — "  This  sign  should  have  been  first ;  but,  first  or 
last,  it  too  is  false :  for  to  know,  and  know  well,  the  deep 
things  in  God's  Word,  may  still  be,  and  yet  no  work  of 
grace  in  the  soul.  Yea,  if  a  man  know  all  things  he  may 
yet  be  naught ;  and  so,  for  this  cause,  be  no  child  of  God. 
When  Christ  said,  '  Do  you  know  all  these  things  ? '  and 
those  who  heard  him  said,  *  Yes ' ;  he  did  add,  '  Blest  are 
ye  if  ye  do  them.'  He  doth  not  lay  the  grace  in  that  one 
knows,  but  in  that  one  does  them." 

Talk, — "  You  lie  at  the  catch,  once  more  :  this  is  not  for 
good." 

Fai. — "  Well,  if  you  please,  give  one  more  sign  how  this 
work  of  grace  doth  show  where  it  is." 

Talk. — "  Not  I,  for  I  see  we  shall  not  be  of  one  mind." 

Fai.—U  Well,  if  you  will  not,  will  you  give  me  leave  to 
do  it  ?  " 

Talk. — "  You  may  do  just  as  you  like." 

Fai.  "  A  work  of  grace  in  the  soul  doth  show  quite 
clear  to  him  that  hath  it  or  to  those  that  stand  by.  To 
him  that  hath  it,  thus :  it  gives  him  a  deep  sense  of  sin,  of 
the  ill  that  dwells  in  him.  This  sight  and  sense  of  things 
work  in  him  grief  and  shame  for  sin  ;  he  finds,  too,  brought 
to  view  the  Saviour  of  the  world,  and  he  feels  he  must 
close  with  him  for  life  ;  at  the  which  he  finds  he  craves  and 
thirsts  for  a  pure  life,  pure  at  heart,  pure  with  his  kin,  and 
pure  in  speech  in  the  world :  which  in  the  broad  sensj 
doth  teach  him  in  his  heart  to  hate  his  sin,  to  spurn  v( 
trom  his  home,  and  to  shed  his  light  in  the  world ;  not  by 


Talkative.  55 

mere  talk,  as  a  false  knave,  or  one  with  a  glib  tongue,  may 
do,  but  by  the  force  of  faith  and  love  to  the  might  of  the 
Word.  And  now,  sir,  as  to  these  brief  thoughts  on  the 
work  of  grace,  if  you  have  aught  to  say,  say  on ;  if  not, 
then  give  me  leave  to  ask  one  thing  more  of  you." 

Talk. — "  Nay,  my  part  is  not  now  to  say  aught,  but  to 
hear  ;  let  me  hence  hear  what  you  have  got  to  speak." 

Fai.  "It  is  this :  do  you  in  your  heart  feel  this  first 
part  of  what  I  said  of  it  ?  and  doth  your  life  and  walk  bear 
proof  of  the  same  %  " 

Then  Talkative  at  first  aid  blush,  but  when  he  got 
through  this  phase,  thus  he  said  :  "  You  come  now  to  what 
one  feels  in  his  heart,  to  the  soul,  and  God.  But  I  pray, 
will  you  tell  me  why  you  ask  me  such  things  %  " 

Fai. — "  For  that  I  saw  you  prone  to  talk,  and  for  that  I 
knew  not  that  you  had  aught  else  but  vague  views.  More 
than  this,  to  tell  you  all  the  truth,  I  have  heard  of  you  that 
you  are  a  man  whose  faith  lies  in  talk,  and  that  what  you 
do  gives  the  lie  to  what  you  say." 

Talk. — "  Since  you  are  so  quick  to  take  up  tales,  and  to 
judge  in  so  rash  a  way  as  you  do,  I  would  lief  think  that 
you  are  some  cross  or  dull  mope  of  a  man,  not  fit  to  hold 
talk  with ;  and  so,  I  take  my  leave." 

Then  came  up  Christian,  and  said  to  his  friend,  "  I  told 
you  how  it  would  hap  ;  your  words  and  his  lusts  could  not 
suit.  He  thought  it  best  to  leave  you,  than  change  his 
life." 

L  Fai. — "  But  I  am  glad  we  had  this  brief  talk ;  it  may 
hap  that  he  will  think  of  it  some  time." 

Chr. — "  You  did  well  to  talk  so  plain  to  him  as  you  did  ; 
rthere  is  not  much  of  this  straight  course  with  men  in  these 
days.     I  wish  that  all  men  would  deal  with  such  as  you 


56  The  Pilgrim? 8  Progress. 

have  done :  then  should  they  have  to  change  their  ways, 
or  the  guild  of  saints  would  be  too  hot  for  them." 

Thus  they  went  on  and  told  of  what  they  had  seen  by 
the  way,  and  so  made  that  way  light  which  would,  were 
not  this  the  case,  no  doubt  have  been  slow  to  them ;  for 
now  they  went  through  a  wild. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

VANITY  EAIK. 

Now  when  they  were  got  all  but  quite  out  of  this  wild, 
Faithful  by  chance  cast  his  eye  back,  and  saw  one  come  in 
his  wake,  and  he  knew  him.  "Oh!"  said  Faithful  to  his 
friend,  "  who  comes  yon  ?  " 

Then  Christian  did  look,  and  said,  "  It  is  my  good  friend 
Evangelist."  "  Ay,  and  my  good  friend,  too,"  said  Faith- 
ful, "  for  it  was  he  that  set  me  the  way  to  the  gate." 

Then  said  Evangelist,  "  How  did  it  fare  with  you,  my 
friends,  since  the  time  we  last  did  part  ?  what  have  you 
met  with,  and  what  has  been  your  life  1  " 

Then  Christian  and  Faithful  told  him  of  all  things  that 
did  hap  to  them  in  the  way  ;  and  how,  and  with  what  toil, 
they  had  got  to  that  place. 

"  Right  glad  am  I,"  said  Evangelist,  "  not  that  you  met 
with  straits,  but  that  you  have  come  safe  through  them, 
and  for  that  you  have,  in  spite  of  some  faults,  kept  in  th 
way  to  this  day.     The  crown  is  in  sight  of  you,  and  it 
one   that  will  not  rust ;   *  so  run  that  you  may  gain   it.' 
You  are  not  yet  out  of  the  range  of  the  foul  fiend :  let  th 
joy  of  the  Lord  be  not  lost  sight  of,  and  have  a  firm  faith 
in  things  not  seen." 


58  The  Pilgrim }s  Progress. 

Ta^n  did  Christian  thank  him  for  his  sage  words,  but 
told  him  at  the  same  time,  that  they  would  have  him  speak 
more  to  them  for  their  help  the  rest  of  the  way.  So 
Evangelist  spoke  thus : 

"  My  sons,  you  have  heard  in  the  truth  of  God's  Word, 
that  you  must  pass  through  sharp  straits  to  reach  the  realm 
of  bliss ;  for  now  as  you  see  you  are  just  out  of  this  wild, 
and  hence  you  will  ere  long  come  to  a  town  that  you  will 
by  and  by  see  in  front  of  you ;  and  in  that  town  you  will 
be  set  round  with  foes,  who  will  strain  hard  but  they  will  kill 
you  :  and  be  you  sure  that  one  or  both  of  you  must  seal 
the  faith,  which  you  hold,  with  blood.  But  when  you  are 
come  to  the  town,  and  shall  find  what  I  have  said  come  to 
pass,  then  think  of  your  friend,  and  quit  you  both  like 
men." 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream  that,  when  they  were  got  out 
of  the  wild,  they  soon  saw  a  town  in  front  of  them ;  the 
name  of  that  town  is  Vanity ;  and  at  the  town  there  is  a 
fair  kept,  known  as  Vanity  Fair ;  at  this  fair  are  all  such 
goods  sold  as  lands,  trades,  realms,  lusts,  and  gay  things 
of  all  sorts,  as  lives,  blood,  souls,  gold,  pearls,  stones  of 
great  worth,  and  what  not. 

Now,  as. I  said,  the  way  to  the  Celestial  City  lies  just 
through  this  town  where  this  huge  fair  is  kept :  and  he 
that  will  go  there,  and  yet  not  go  through  this  town,  "must 
needs  go  out  of  the  world."  The  Lord  of  Lords,  when* 
here,  went  through  this  town  to  his  own  realm,  and  that, 
too,  on  a  day  when  a  fair  was  held :  yea,  and  as  I  think, 
it  was  Beelzebub,  the  chief  lord  of  this  fair,  that  sovght  of 
him  to  buy  of  his  vain  wares.  But  he  had  no  iVund  to  the- 
goods,  and  hence  left  the  town,  nor  did  he  lay  oui  so  much 
as  a  mite  on  these  wares**" 


Vanity  Fair,  59 

Now  these  folk,  as  I  said,  must  needs  go  through  this 
fair.  Well,  so  they  did ;  but  lo,  just  as  they  got  to  the 
fair,  all  the  crowd  in  the  fair  rose  up,  and  the  town,  too, 
as  it  were,  and  made  much  noise  and  stir  for  that  they 
came  there  ;  they,  of  course,  spoke  the  tongue  of  Canaan  ; 
but  they  that  kept  the  fair  were  the  men  of  this  world ;  so 
that,  from  end  to  end  of  the  fair,  they  did  seem  strange 
each  to  each.  But  that  which  made  the  crowd  most  laugh 
was,  that  these  men  set  quite  light  by  all  their  wares :  they 
did  not  care  so  much  as  to  look  on  them  ;  and,  if  they 
sought  for  them  to  buy,  they  would  stop  their  ears,  and 
cry,  "  Turn  off  mine  eyes,  lest  they  see  vain  things,"  and 
look  up,  to  show  that  their  trade  and  wares  were  in  the  skies. 

At  last  things  came  to  a  sad  pass,  which  led  to  great 
stir  in  the  fair,  so  that  all  was  noise  and  din,  and  law 
was  set  at  naught.  Now  was  word  soon  brought  to  the 
great  one  of  the  fair,  who  at  once  came  down,  and  sent 
some  of  his  best  friends  to  sift  those  men  by  whom  the 
fair  was  put  in  such  a  state.  So  the  men  were  brought  in 
their  sight.  But  they  that  were  sent  to  sift  them  did  not 
think  them  to  be  aught  than  fools  and  mad,  or  else  such 
as  came  to  put  all  things  out  of  gear  in  the  fair.  Hence 
they  took  them  and  beat  them,  and  made  them  grime  with 
dirt,  and  then  put  them  in  the  cage,  that  they  might  be 
made  a  foul  sight  to  all  the  men  of  the  fair.  But  as  the 
Inen  bore  up  well,  and  gave  good  words  for  bad,  some  men 
m  the  fair,  that  were  more  just  than  the  rest,  sought  to 
check  and  chide  the  base  sort  for  the  vile  acts  done  by 
them  to  the  men.  One  said,  "  That  for  aught  they  could 
see,  the  men  were  mild,  and  of  sound  mind,  and  sought  to 
do  harm  to  no  one :  and  that  there  were  some,  that  did 
trade  in  their  fair,  that  o~~V  far  more  to  be  put  in  the 


60  The  Pilgrim7* s  Progress. 

cage,  than  the  men  to  whom  they  had  done  such  ill.* 
Thus,  as  soon  as  hot  words  did  pass  on  both  sides,  they 
fell  to  some  blows,  and  did  harm  each  to  each.  Then 
were  these  two  poor  men  brought  up  once  more,  when  a 
charge  was  made  that  it  was  they  who  had  got  up  the  row 
that  had  been  made  at  the  fair.  But  Christian  and  Faithful 
bore  the  shame  and  the  slur  that  was  cast  on  them  in  so 
calm  and  meek  a  way  that  it  won  to  their  side  some  of  the 
men  of  the  fair.  This  put  one  part  of  the  crowd  in  a  still 
more  fierce  rage,  so  that  they  were  bent  on  the  death  of 
these  two  men. 

Then  were  they  sent  back  to  the  cage  once  more,  till  it 
was  told  what  should  be  done  with  them.  So  they  put 
them  in,  and  made  their  feet  fast  in  the  stocks. 

Here,  then,  they  once  more  brought  to  mind  what  ttiey 
had  heard  from  their  true  friend  Evangelist,  and  were  the 
more  strong  in  their  way  and  woes  by  what  he  told  them 
would  fall  out  to  them.  They,  too,  now  sought  to  cheer 
the  heart  of  each,  that  whose  lot  it  was  to  die  that  he 
should  have  the  best  of  it :  hence  each  man  did  wish  in 
the  depth  of  his  soul  that  he  might  have  the  crown. 

Then  in  due  time  they  brought  them  forth  to  court,  so 
that  they  might  meet  their  doom.  The  name  of  the  judge 
was  Lord  Hate-good  ;  their  plaint  was  "that  they  had  made 
broils  and  feuds  in  the  town,  and  had  won  some  to  their 
own  most  vile  views,  in  scorn  of  the  law  of  their  prince.' 

Then  Faithful  said  "  that  he  did  but  spurn  that  whic 
had  set  up  in  face  of  Him  that  is  the  Most  High.     Andj 
said   he,  "  as  for  broils,  I  make  none,  as  I  am  a  man 
peace ;  those  that  were  won  to  us  were  won  by  their  vie 
of  our  truth  and  pure  lives-  and  they  are  but  gone  from  the? 
worst  to  the  best." 


Then  Superstition  said:  "My  lord,  I  know  not  much  of  this 
man;  but  he  is  a  most  vile  knave  " — Fage  61.    Pilgrim's  Progre^ 


Vanity  Fair.  61 

Then  was  it  made  known  that  they  that  had  aught  to 
say  for  their  lord  the  king,  to  prove  the  guilt  of  him  at  the 
bar,  should  at  once  come  forth  and  give  in  their  proof. 
So  there  came  in  three  men,  to  wit,  Envy,  Superstition, 
and  Pickthank.  Then  stood  forth  Envy  and  said  in  this 
strain :  "  My  lord,  this  man,  in  spite  of  his  fair  name,  is 
one  of  the  most  vile  men  in  our  land.  He  does  all  that  he 
can  to  fill  all  men  with  some  of  his  wild  views,  which  tend 
to  the  bane  of  our  realm,  and  which  he  for  the  most  part 
calls  '  grounds  of  faith  and  a  pure  life.'  And  in  chief  I 
heard  him  once  say  that  the  faith  of  Christ  and  the  laws 
of  our  town  of  Vanity  could  not  be  at  one,  as  they  wei'C 
foes  each  to  each." 

Then  did  they  call  Superstition,  and  sware  him :  so  he 
said :  "  My  lord,  I  know  not  much  of  this  man,  nor  do  I 
care  to  know  more  of  him  ;  but  he  is  a  most  vile  knave ; 
I  heard  him  say  that  our  faith  was  naught,  and  such  by 
which  no  man  could  please  God.  Which  words  of  his, 
my  lord,  you  quite  well  know  what  they  mean,  to  wit,  that 
we  still  work  in  vain,  are  yet  in  our  sins,  and  at  last  shall 
be  lost.     And  this  is  that  which  I  have  to  say." 

Then  was  Pickthank  sworn,  and  bid  say  what  he  knew 
in  the  cause  of  their  lord  the  king  to  the  hurt  of  the  rogue 
at  the  bar. 

Pick. — "  My  lord,  and  you  great  folk  all,  this  wight  I 
have  known  of  a  long  time,  and  have  heard  him  speak 
things  that  ought  not  to  be  said  ;  for  he  did  rail  on  our  great 
rince,  Beelzebub,  and  spoke  ill  of  his  firm  friends  ;  and  he 
hath  said,  too,  that  if  all  men  were  of  his  mind,  if  so  be  there 
is  not  one  of  these  great  men  should  from  that  time  forth 
3tay  in  this  town.  More  than  this,  he  hath  not  felt  dread 
to  rail  on  you,  my  lord,  who  are  now  sent  to  be  his  judge." 


62  The  Pilgrim? s  Progress. 

When  this  Pickthank  had  told  his  tale,  the  judge  spoke 
to  the  man  at  the  bar,  and  said,  "  Thou  vile,  base  wretch, 
hast  thou  heard  what  those  just  and  true  men  have  sworn 
to  thy  bane  %  " 

Fai. — "  I  say  then,  as  a  set  off  to  what  Mr.  Envy  hath 
said,  I  spoke  not  a  word  but  this,  '  That  what  rule,  or  laws, 
or  rights,  or  men,  are  flat  down  on  the  Word  of  God,  are 
foes  to  the  faith  of  Christ.' 

"  As  to  the  next,  to  wit,  Mr.  Superstition,  and  his  charge 
to  my  hurt,  I  said  but  this,  '  That  to  serve  God  one  needs 
a  faith  from  on  high  ;  but  there  can  be  no  faith  from  on 
high  void  of  the  will  of  God  made  known  from  the  same 
source.  Hence,  all  that  is  thrust  on  us  that  does  not 
square  with  this  will  of  God,  is  but  of  man's  faith  ;  which 
faith  will  not  serve  the  life  that  is  to  come.' 

"  As  to  what  Mr.  Pickthank  hath  said,  '  That  the  prince 
of  this  town,  with  all  the  roughs,  his  slaves,  are  more  fit 
for  one  in  hell  than  in  this  town  and  land ';  and  so  the 
Lord  be  good  to  me." 

Then  the  judge  said  to  those  who  were  to  bind  or  loose 
him  from  the  charge  :  "  Ye  who  serve  here  to  weigh  this 
case,  you  see  this  man  of  whom  so  great  a  din  hath  been 
made  in  this  town.  It  doth  lie  now  on  your  souls  to  hang 
him,  or  save  his  life  ;  but  yet  I  think  meet  to  teach  you  a 
few  points  of  our  law. 

"  There  was  an  act  made  in  the  days  of  Pharaoh  the  ^ 
great,  friend  to  our  prince,  that,  lest  those  of  a  wrong  faithJl 
should  spread  and  grow  too  strong  for  him,  their  maleaH 
should  be  thrown  in  the  stream.  There  was,  in  like  way^B 
an  act  made  in  the  days  of  Nebuchadnezzar  the  great,  who,* 
too,  did  serve  him,  that  such  as  would  not  fall  down  and 
laud  the  form  he  had  set  up,  should  be  flung  in  a  pit  of 


Then  stood  forth  Envy  and  said:  "My  lord,  this  man  in  spite 
of  his  fair  name,  is  one  of  the  most  vile  men  in  our  land. " — 
61.  Pilgrim's  Progress. 


Vanity  Pair.  63 

fire.  Now  the  pith  of  these  laws  this  rogue  has  set  at 
naught,  not  in  mere  thought  but  in  word  and  deed  as  well. 
Twice,  nay  thrice,  he  speaks  of  our  creed  as  a  thing  of 
naught ;  and  for  this,  on  his  own  words,  he  needs  must 
die  the  death." 

Then  went  out  those  who  had  to  weigh  the  case,  whose 
names  were  Mr.  Blind-man,  Mr.  No-good,  Mr.  Malice,  Mr. 
Love-lust,  Mr.  Live-loose,  Mr.  Heady,  Mr.  High-mind,  Mr. 
Enmity,  Mr.  Liar,  Mr.  Cruelty,  Mr.  Hate-light,  and  Mr. 
Implacable  ;  who  each  one  gave  in  his  voice  to  Faithful's 
hurt,  in  his  own  mind ;  and  then  meant  to  make  known 
his  doom  in  face  of  the  judge.  And  Mr.  Blindman,  the 
chief,  said,  "  I  see,  most  plain,  that  this  man  is  a  foe ;  let 
as  at  once  doom  him  to  death.  And  so  they  did.  The 
judge  then  put  on  the  black  cap,  and  said,  "  That  he  should 
be  led  from  the  place  where  he  was  to  the  place  from 
whence  he  came,  and  there  to  be  put  to  the  worst  death 
that  could  be  thought  off." 

They  then  brought  him  out  to  do  with  him  as  the  law 
set  forth  :  and  first  they  whipt  him  ;  then  they  did  pelt 
him  with  stones ;  and,  last  of  all,  they  burnt  him  to  dust  at 
the  stake.     Thus  came  Faithful  to  his  end. 

Now  I  saw  that  there  stood  in  the  rear  of  the  crowd  a 
state  car,  with  two  steeds,  that  did  wait  for  Faithful ;  who, 
as  soon  as  his  foes  had  got  rid  of  him,  was  caught  up  in  it 
and  straight  sent  off  through  the  clouds,  with  sound  of 
trump,  the  most  near  way  to  the  Celestial  Gate.  But  as 
for  Christian,  he  Avas  put  back  to  jail ;  so  there  he  lay  for 
a  space  :  but  He  that  rules  all  things,  in  whose  hand  was 
the  might  of  their  rage,  so  wrought  it  that  Christian,  fotf 
that  time,  got  free  from  them  and  went  his  way? 


64  The  Pilgrim? s  Progress. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

CHEISTIAN  AlsTD   HOPEFUL. 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  Christian  went  not  forth 
with  none  to  cheer  him  ;  for  there  was  one  whose  name 
was  Hopeful,  who  set  out  with  him,  and  made  a  grave  pact 
that  he  would  be  his  friend. 

So  I  saw  that  when  they  were  just  got  out  of  the  fair 
they  came  up  with  one  that  had  gone  on  in  front  of  them, 
whose  name  was  By-ends.  He  told  them  that  he  came 
from  the  town  of  Fair-speech,  and  was  bound  for  the 
Celestial  City  ;  but  he  told  them  not  his  name. 

Ghr. — "  Pray,  sir,  what  may  I  call  you  1 " 

By. — "  I  know  not  you,  nor  you  me  :  if  you  mean  to  go 
this  way,  I  shall  be  glad  to  go  with  you  :  if  not,  I  must 
take  things  as  they  come." 

Then  Christian  stept  on  one  side  to  his  friend  Hopeful, 
and  said,  "  It  runs  in  my  mind  that  this  is  one  By-ends, 
of  Fair-speech,  and  if  it  be  he,  we  have  as  keen  a  knave  in 
our  midst  as  dwells  in  all  these  parts."  Then  said  Hope- 
ful, "  Ask  him  ;  I  think  he  should  not  blush  at  his  name." 
So  Christian  came  up  with  him  once  more,  and  said,  "  Sir, 
is  not  your  name  Mr.  By-ends,  of  Fair-speech  %  " 

By. — "  This  is  not  my  name ;  but,  in  sooth,  it  is  a  name 
I  got  in  scorn  from  some  that  do  not  like  me." 

Ghr. — "  I  thought,  in  sooth,  that  you  were  the  man  that 
I  had  heard  of;  and,  to  tell  you  what  I  think,  I  fear  this 
name  suits  you  more  than  you  would  wish  we  should  think 
it  doth." 

By. — "  Well,  if  you  will  thus  think,  I  durst  not  help  it: 


mmmmm\\^mwmm}m)ui:}mwr!'Mli*0l 


66  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

you  shall  find  me  a  fair  man,  if  you  will  make  me  one  of 
you." 

Chr. — "  If  you  will  go  with  us,  you  must  go  in  the  teeth 
of  wind  and  tide ;  you  must,  in  like  wise,  own  Faith  in  his 
rags,  as  well  as  when  in  his  sheen  shoes ;  and  stand  by 
him,  too,  when  bound  in  chains,  as  well  as  when  he  walks 
the  streets  with  praise." 

By. — "  You  must  not  curb  my  faith,  nor  lord  it  in  this 
way :  leave  me  free  to  think,  and  let  me  go  with  you." 

Chr. — "  Not  a  step  more,  save  you  will  do  in  what  I 
shall  speak  as  we." 

Then  said  By-ends,  "  I  shall  not  cast  off  my  old  views, 
since  they  bring  no  harm,  and  are  of  use.  If  I  may  not 
go  with  you,  I  must  do  as  I  did  ere  you  came  up  with  me, 
that  is,  go  on  with  no  one,  till  some  will  come  on  who  will 
be  glad  to  meet  me." 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  Christian  and  Hopeful  left 
him,  and  went  on  in  front  of  him  :  but  one  of  them  did 
chance  to  look  back,  and  saw  three  men  in  the  wake  of 
Mr.  By-ends,  and  lo,  as  they  came  up  with  him,  he  made 
them  quite  a  low  bow.  The  men's  names  were  Mr.  Hold- 
the-world,  Mr.  Money-love,  and  Mr.  Save-all ;  men  that 
Mr.  By-ends  had  erst  known  ;  for  when  boys  they  were 
mates  at  school,  and  were  taught  by  one  Mr.  Gripeman, 
who  keeps  a  school  in  Love-gain,  which  is  a  large  town  in 
the  shire  of  Coveting,  in  the  north. 

Well,  when  they,  as  I  said,  did  greet  in  turn,  Mr.  Money- ' 
love  said  to  Mr.  By-ends,  "  Who  are  they  on  the  road  right 
in  front  of  us  1 " 

By. — "  They  are  a  pair  from  a  land  far  off,  that,  in  their 
mode,  are  bent  on  a  long  route." 

Money. — "  Ah !  why  did  they  not  stay ;  that  we  might 


Christian  and  Hopeful.  67 

have  gone  on  with  them  1  for  they,  and  we,  and  you,  sir,  I 
hope,  are  all  bent  on  the  same  road." 

By. — "  Why,  they,  in  their  fierce  mood,  think  that  they 
are  bound  to  rush  on  their  way  at  all  times ;  while  I  wait 
for  wind  and  tide.  They  like  to  risk  all  for  God  at  a  clap ; 
while  I  like  to  seize  all  means  to  make  safe  my  life  and 
lands.  They  are  for  Faith  when  in  rags  and  scorn ;  but  I 
am  for  him  when  he  walks  in  his  sheen  shoes  in  the  sun, 
and  with  praise." 

Hold. — "  Ay,  and  hold  you  there  still,  good  Mr.  By-ends: 
for  my  part  I  can  count  him  but  a  fool,  that  with  the 
means  to  keep  what  he  has,  he  shall  be  so  lack  of  sense  as 
to  lose  it.  For  my  part,  I  like  that  faith  best  that  will 
stand  with  the  pledge  of  God's  good  gifts  to  us.  Abraham 
and  Solomon  grew  rich  in  faith  :  and  Job  says  that  a  good 
man  '  shall  lay  up  gold  as  dust.'  But  he  must  not  be  such 
as  the  men  in  front  of  us,  if  they  be  as  .you  have  said  of 
them." 

Save. — "  I  think  that  we  are  all  of  one  mind  in  this 
thing ;  and  hence  there  need  no  more  words  be  said  of  it." 

Mr.  By-ends  and  his  friends  did  lag  and  keep  back,  that 
Christian  and  Hopeful  might  go  on  in  front  of  them. 

Then  Christian  and  Hopeful  went  till  they  came  to  a 
nice  plain  known  as  Ease  ;  which  did  please  them  much : 
but  that  plain  was  but  strait,  so  they  were  soon  got  through 
it.  Now  at  the  far  side  of  that  plain  was  a  small  hill, 
which  went  by  the  name  of  Lucre,  and  in  that  hill  a  gold 
mine,  which  some  of  them  that  had  been  that  way  had 
gone  on  one  side  to  see ;  but,  as  they  got  too  near  the 
brink  of  the  pit,  the  ground,  as  it  was  not  sound,  broke 
when  they  trod  on  it,  and  they  were  slain. 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  a  short  way  off  the  road, 


68 


Tlie  Pilgriwh  Progress. 


nigh  to  the  gold  mine,  stood  Demas,  a  man  of  fair  looks, 
to  call  to  such  as  went  that  way  to  come  and  see ;  who 
said  to  Christian  and  his  friend,  "  Ho  !  turn  hence  on  this 
side,  and  I  will  show  you  a  thing.  Here  is  a  gold  mine, 
and  some  that  dig  in  it  for  wealth :  if  you  will  come,  with 


DEMAS   TEMPTS   CHRISTIAN   AND   HOPEFUL. 


slight  pains  you  may  gain  a  rich  store  for  your  use." 

Then  Christian  did  call  to  Demas,  and  said,  "  Is  not  the 

way  rife  with  risks  %     Hath  it  not  let  some  in  their  way  ?  " 
Bern. — "  Not  so  much  so,  save  to  those  that  take  no 

care."     But  a  blush  came  on  his  face  as  he  spake. 


Doubting  Castle  and  Giant  Despair*  69 

Then  said  Christian  to  Hopeful,  "  Let  us  not  stir  a  step, 
but  still  keep  on  our  way." 

By  this  time  By-ends  and  those  who  were  with  him  came 
once  more  in  sight,  and  they,  at  the  first  beck,  went  straight 
to  Demas.  Now,  that  they  fell  in  the  pit,  as  they  stood 
on  the  brink  of  it,  or  that  they  went  down  to  dig,  or  that 
they  lost  their  breath  at  the  base  by  the  damps  that,  as  a 
rule,  rise  from  it,  of  these  things  I  am  not  sure ;  but  this  I 
saw,  that  from  that  time  forth  they  were  not  seen  once 
more  in  the  way.  Which  strange  sight  gave  them  cause 
for  grave  talk. 


CHAPTEE  XV. 

DOUBTING  CASTLE  AND   GIANT  DESPAIE. 

I  SAW  then,  that  they  went  on  their  way  to  a  fair  stream. 
Here  then  Christian  and  his  friend  did  walk  with  great  joy. 
They  drank,  too,  of  the  stream,  which  was  sweet  to  taste, 
and  like  balm  to  their  faint  hearts.  More  than  this,  on  the 
banks  of  this  stream,  on  each  side,  were  green  trees  with 
all  kinds  of  fruit :  and  the  leaves  they  ate  to  ward  off  ills 
that  come  of  too  much  food  and  heat  of  blood,  while  on 
the  way.  On  each  side  of  the  stream  was  a  mead,  bright 
with  white  plants  ;  and  it  was  green  all  the  year  long.  In 
this  mead  they  lay  down  and  slept.  When  they  did  wake 
they  felt  a  wish  to  go  on,  and  set  out.  Now  the  way  front 
the  stream  was  rough,  and  their  feet  soft,  for  that  thej 
came  a  long  road  :  so  the  souls  of  the  men  were  sad,  from 
the  state  of  the  way.  Now,  not  far  in  front  of  them,  there 
was  on  the  left  hand  of  the^oad  a  mead,  and  a  stile  to  get 


70  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

riglit  to  it :  and  that  mead  is  known  as  By-path  Meadow. 
Then  said  Christian  to  his  friend,  "  If  this  mead  doth  lie 
close  by  the  side  of  our  way,  let  us  go  straight  to  it."  Then 
said  Christian  to  his  friends,  "  If  this  mead  doth  lie  close  by 
'the  side  of  our  way,  let  us  go  straight  to  it."  Then  he  went 
to  the  stile  to  see,  and  lo,  a  path  lay  close  by  the  way  on 
the  far  offside  of  the  fence.  "  It  is  just  as  I  wish,"  said 
Christian ;  "  come,  good  Hopeful,  and  let  us  cross  to  it." 

Hope. — "  But  how  if  this  path  should  lead  us  out  of  the 
way  % " 

"  That  is  not  like  to  be,"  said  the  next.  "  Look,  doth  it 
not  go  straight  on  by  the  side  of  the  way  %  "  So  Hopeful, 
when  he  thought  on  what  his  friend  said,  went  in  his  steps, 
and  did  cross  the  stile ;  and  at  the  same  time,  while  they 
cast  their  eyes  in  front  of  them,  they  saw  a  man  that  did 
walk  as  they  did,  and  his  name  was  Vain-Confidence :  so 
they  did  call  to  him,  and  ask  him  to  what  place  that  way 
led.  He  said,  "  To  the  Celestial  Gate."  "  Look,"  said 
Christian,  "  did  not  I  tell  you  so  %  by  this  you  may  see  we 
are  right."  So  they  went  in  his  wake,  and  he  went  in  front 
of  them.  But,  lo,  the  night  came  on,  and  it  grew  quite 
dark ;  so  that  they  that  were  in  the  rear  lost  the  sight  of 
him  that  went  in  front. 

He  then  that  went  in  front,  as  he  did  not  see  the  way 
fclear,  fell  in  a  deep  pit,  which  was  there  made  by  the 
'prince  of  those  grounds  to  catch  such  vain  fools  with  the 
rest,  and  was  torn  in  bits  by  his  fall. 

Now  Christian  and  his  friend  heard  him  fall :  so  they  did 
call  to  know  the  cause :  but  there  was  none  to  speak. 

Then  Hopeful  gave  a  deep  groan,  and  said,  "  Oh,  that  I 
bad  kept  on  my  way !  " 

Chr. — "  Good  friend,  do  not  feel  hurt.     I  grieve  I  have 


This  is  Vain  Confidence,  whom  Christian  and  Hopeful  saw  in. 
Uua  way  as  they  did  walk.— Page  70  Pilgrim?*  Frcgrmu 


Doubting  Castle  and  Giant  Despair.  71 

brought  thee  out  of  the  way,  and  that  I  have  put  thee  in 
no  slight  strait ;  pray,  my  friend,  let  this  pass  ;  I  did  not 
do  it  of  a  bad  will." 

Hope. — "  Be  of 'good  cheer,  my  friend,  for  I  give  thee 
shrift ;  and  trust,  too,  this  shall  be  for  our  good." 

Then,  so  as  to  cheer  them,  they  heard  the  voice  of  one 
that  said,  '•'  Let  thine  heart  be  set  on  the  high  road ;  and 
the  way  that  thou  didst  go  turn  once  more."  But  by  this 
time  the  way  that  they  should  go  back  was  rife  with  risk. 
Then  I  thought  that  we  get  more  quick  out  of  the  way 
when  we  are  in  it,  than  in  it  when  we  are  out. 

Nor  could  they,  with  all  the  skill  they  had,  get  once 
more  to  the  stile  that  night.  For  which  cause,  as  they  at 
last  did  light  neath  a  slight  shed,  they  sat  down  there  till 
day  broke :  but  as  they  did  tire  they  fell  to  sleep.  Now 
there  was  not  far  from  the  place  where  they  lay  a  fort, 
known  as  Doubting  Castle,  and  he  who  kept  it  was  Giant 
Despair :  and  it  was  on  his  grounds  that  they  now  slept. 
Hence,  as  he  got  up  at  dawn,  and  did  walk  up  and  down 
in  his  fields,  he  caught  Christian  and  Hopeful  in  sound 
sleep  on  his  grounds.  They  told  him  they  were  poor 
wights,  and  that  they  had  lost  their  way.  Then  said  the 
Giant,  "  You  have  this  night  come  where  you  should  not; 
you  did  tramp  in,  and  lie  on,  my  grounds,  and  so  you 
must  go  hence  with  me."  So  they  were  made  to  go,  for 
that  he  had  more  strength  than  they.  They,  too,  had  but 
few  words  to  say,  for  they  knew  they  were  in  a  fault.  The 
Giant  hence  drove  them  in  front  of  him,  and  put  them  in 
his  fort,  in  a  dank,  dark  cell,  that  was  foul  and  stunk  to 
the  souls  of  these  two  men.  Here  then  they  lay  for  full 
four  days,  and  had  not  one  bit  of  bread,  or  drop  of  drink, 
or  light,  or  one  to  ask  how  they  did  :  they  were,  hence, 


7.2  The   Pilgrim's  Progress. 

here  in  bad  case,  and  were  far  from  friends  and  all  who 
knew  them.  Now  in  this  place  Christian  had  more  than 
his  own  share  of  grief,  for  it  was  through  his  bad  words  that 
they  were  brought  to  such  dire  bale. 

Now  Giant  Despair  had  a  wife,  and  her  name  was  Diffi- 
dence :  so  when  he  was  gone  to  bed  he  told  his  wife  what 
he  had  done.  Then  he  did  ask  her,  too,  what  he  had  best 
do  more  to  them.  Then  she  said  to  him  that  when  he  got 
up  in  the  morn  he  should  beat  them,  and  show  no  ruth. 
So  when  he  rose  he  gets  him  a  huge  stick  of  crab,  and  goes 
down  to  the  cell  to  them,  and  falls  on  them  and  beats  them 
in  such  sort  that  they  could  do  naught  to  ward  off  his 
blows,  or  to  turn  them  on  the  floor.  This  done,  he  goes 
off  and  leaves  them  there  to  soothe  each  one  his  friend, 
and  to  mourn  their  grief.  The  next  night,  she  spoke  with 
her  lord  more  as  to  their  case,  and  when  she  found  that 
they  were  not  dead,  did  urge  him  to  tell  them  to  take  their 
own  lives.  So  when  morn  was  come  he  told  them  that 
since  they  were  not  like  to  come  out  of  that  place,  their 
best  way  would  be  at  once  to  put  an  end  to  their  lives, 
with  knife,  rope,  or  drug.  But  they  did  pray  him  to  let 
them  go  ;  with  that  he  gave  a  frown  on  them,  ran  at  them, 
and  had  no  doubt  made  an  end  of  them  with  his  own  hand, 
but  that  he  fell  in  one  of  his  fits.  From  which  cause  he 
went  off,  and  left  them  to  think  what  to  do.  Then  did 
the  men  talk  of  the  best  course  to  take ;  and  thus  they 
spoke : 

"  Friend,"  said  Christian,  "  what  shall  we  do  %  The  life 
that  we  now  live  is  fraught  with  ill :  for  my  part,T  know 
not  if  it  be  best  to  live  thus,  or  die  out  of  hand  :  the  grave 
has  more  ease  for  me  than  this  cell." 

Hope*—"  Of  a  truth,  our  state  is  most  dread,  and  death 


Doubting    Castle  and   Giant  Despair.  73 

would  be  more  of  a  boon  to  me  than  thus  hence  to  stay : 
but  let  us  not  take  our  own  lives."  With  these  words 
Hopeful  then  did  soothe  the  mind  of  his  friend :  so  they 
did  stay  each  with  each  in  the  dark  that  day,  in  their  sad 
and  drear  plight. 

Well,  as  dusk  came  on  the  Giant  goes  down  to  the  cell 
once  more,  to  see  if  those  he  held  bound  there  had  done  as 
he  had  bid  them  :  but  when  he  came  there  he  found  they 
still  did  live,  at  which  he  fell  in  a  great  rage,  and  told  them 
that,  as  he  saw  they  had  lent  a  deaf  ear  to  what  he  said, 
it  should  be  worse  for  them  than  if  they  had  not  been 
born. 

At  this  they  shook  with  dread,  and  I  think  that  Chris- 
tian fell  in  a  swoon  ;  but  as  he  came  round  once  more,  they 
took  up  the  same  strain  of  speech  as  to  the  Giant's  words, 
and  if  it  were  best  give  heed  to  them  or  no.  Now  Chris- 
tian once  more  did  seem  to  wish  to  yield,  but  Hopeful 
made  his  next  speech  in  this  wise  : 

"  My  friend,"  said  he,  "  dost  thou  not  know  how  brave 
thou  hast  been  in  times  past  1  The  foul  fiend  could  not 
crush  thee ;  nor  could  all  that  thou  didst  hear,  or  see,  or 
feel  in  the  Vale  of  the  Shade  of  Death  ;  what  wear  and 
tear,  grief  and  fright,  hast  thou  erst  gone  through,  and  art 
thou  naught  but  fears  %  Thou  dost  see  that  I  am  in  the 
cell  with  thee,  and  I  am  a  far  more  weak  man  to  look  at 
than  thou  art :  in  like  way,  this  Giant  did  wound  me  as 
well  as  thee,  and  hath,  too,  cut  off  the  bread  and  drink 
from  my  mouth,  and  with  thee  I  mourn  void  of  the  light. 
But  let  us  try  and  grow  more  strong :  call  to  mind  how 
thou  didst  play  the  man  at  Vanity  Fair,  and  wast  not 
made  blench  at  the  chain  or  cage,  nor  yet  at  fierce  d^ath; 
for  which  cause  let  us,  at  least  to  shun  the   shame  <;hat 


74  The  Pilgrinis  Progress. 

looks  not  well  for  a  child  of  God  to  be  found  in,  bear  up 
with  calm  strength  as  well  as  we  can." 

Now  night  had  come  once  more,  and  his  wife  spoke  to 
him  of  the  men,  and  sought  to  know  if  they  had  done  as 
he  had  told  them.  To  which  he  said,  "  They  are  stout 
rogues ;  they  choose  the  more  to  bear  all  hard  things  than 
to  put  an  end  to  their  lives."  Then  said  she,  "  Take  them 
to  the  garth  next  day,  and  show  them  the  bones  and  skulls 
of  those  that  thou  hast  put  to  death,  and  make  them  think 
thou  wilt  tear  them  in  shreds,  as  thou  hast  done  to  folk 
like  to  them." 

So  when  the  morn  was  come  the  Giant  takes  them  to 
the  garth,  and  shows  them  as  his  wife  had  bade  him  : 
"  These,"  said  he,  "  were  wights,  as  you  are,  once,  and 
they  trod  on  my  ground,  as  you  have  done ;  and  when  I 
thought  fit  I  tore  them  in  bits,  and  so  in  the  space  of  ten 
days  I  will  do  you :  go,  get  you  down  to  your  den  once 
more."  And  with  that  he  beat  them  all  the  way  to  the 
place.  They  lay  for  this  cause  all  day  in  a  sad  state,  just 
as  they  had  done.  Now,  when  night  was  come,  and  when 
Mrs.  Diffidence  and  her  spouse  the  Giant  were  got  to  bed, 
they  once  more  spoke  of  the  men  ;  and,  with  this,  the  Giant 
thought  it  strange  that  he  could  not  by  his  blows  or  words 
bring  them  to  an  end.  And  with  that  his  wife  said,  "  I 
fear  that  they  live  in  hopes  that  some  will  come  to  set 
them  free,  or  that  they  have  things  to  pick  locks  with  them, 
by  the  means  of  which  they  hope  to  scape."  "  And  dost 
thou  say  so,  my  dear  ? "  said  the  Giant ;  "  I  will  hence 
search  them  in  the  morn." 

Well,  in  the  depth  of  night  they  strove  hard  to  pray, 
and  held  it  up  till  just  break  of  day. 

Now,  not  long  ere  it  was  day,  good  Christian,  as  one 


76  Th>  PilgriwJs  Progress. 

half  wild,  brake  out  In  this  hot  speech :  "  What  a  fool," 
quoth  he,  "  am  I,  thus  to  lie  in  a  foul  den  when  I  may  as 
well  walk  in  the  free  air  :  I  have  a  key  in  my  breast  known 
as  Promise,  that  will,  I  feel  sure,  pick  each  lock  in  Doubt- 
ing Castle."  Then  said  Hopeful,  "  That  is  good  news,  my 
friend ;  pluck  it  out  of  thy  breast  and  try." 

Then  Christian  took  it  out  of  his  breast,  and  did  try  at 
the  cell  door,  whose  bolt  as  he  did  turn  the  key  gave  back, 
and  the  door  flew  back  with  ease,  and  Christian  and  Hope- 
ful both  came  out.  Then  he  went  to  the  front  door  that 
leads  to  the  yard  of  the  fort,  and  with  this  key  did  ope 
that  door  in  like  way.  Then  he  went  to  the  brass  gate 
(for  that  he  must  ope  too),  but  that  lock  he  had  hard  work 
to  move  ;  yet  did  the  key  pick  it.  Then  they  thrust  wide 
the  gate  to  make  their  scape  with  speed.  But  that  gate  as 
it  went  back  did  creak  so,  that  it  woke  Giant  Despair,  who, 
as  he  rose  in  haste  to  go  in  search  of  the  men,  felt  his  limbs 
to  fail,  for  his  fits  took  him  once  more,  so  that  he  could  by 
no  means  go  in  their  track.  Then  they  went  on,  and  came 
to  the  King's  high  road  once  more,  and  so  were  safe,  for 
that  they  were  out  of  his  grounds. 

Now,  when  they  had  got  clear  of  the  stile,  they  thought 
in  their  minds  what  they  should  do  at  that  stile,  to  keep 
those  that  should  come  in  their  wake  from  the  fell  hands 
if  Giant  Despair.  So  their  built  there  a  pile  and  wrote  on 
the  side  of  it  these  words :  "  To  cross  this  stile  is  the  way 
to  Doubting  Castle,  which  is  kept  by  Giant  Despair,  who 
spurns  the  King  of  the  good  land,  and  seeks  to  kill  such 
as  serve  him." 


The  Delectable  Mountains,  77 

CHAPTEE  XVI. 

THE  DELECTABLE   MOUNTAIN'S. 

They  went  then  till  they  came  to  the  Delectable 
Mountains,  which  mounts  the  Lord  of  that  hill  doth  own  of 
whom  we  erst  did  speak  :  so  they  went  up  to  the  mounts, 
to  see  the  plants,  trees  rife  with  fruit,  the  vines  and  founts ; 
where,  too,  they  drank,  did  wash,  and  eat  of  the  grapes  till 
no  gust  was  left  for  more.  Now  there  were  on  the  top  of 
these  mounts,  Shepherds  that  fed  their  flocks,  and  they 
stood  by  the  side  of  the  high  road.  Christian  and  Hope- 
ful then  went  to  them,  and  while  they  leant  on  their 
staves  (as  is  the  case  with  wights  who  tire  when  they  stand 
to  talk  with  folk  by  the  way),  they  said,  "  Whose  Delecta- 
ble Mountains  are  these  %  and  whose  be  the  sheep  that  fed 
on  them  %  " 

Shep. — "  These  mounts  are  Immanuel's  Land,  and  they 
can  be  seen  from  this  town :  and  the  sheep  in  like  way  are 
his,  and  he  laid  down  his  life  for  them." 

Chr.—"  Is  this  the  way  to  the  Celestial  City  1 " 

Shep. — "  You  are  just  in  your  way." 

I  saw,  too,  in  my  dream  that  when  the  Shepherds  saw 
that  they  were  men  on  the  road,  they  in  like  way  did  ask 
them  things,  to  which  they  spoke,  as  was  their  wont :  as, 
"  Whence  came  you  %  and  how  got  you  in  the  way  %  and 
by  what  means  have  you  so  held  on  in  it  %  for  but  few  of 
them  that  set  out  to  come  hence  do  show  their  face  on 
these  mounts."  But  when  the  Shepherds  heard  their 
speech,  which  did  please  them,  they  gave  them  looks  of 


78  2  he  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

love,  and  said,  "  Good  come  with  thee  to  the  Mounts  of 
Joy." 

The  Shepherds,  I  say,  whose  names  were  Knowledge, 
Experience,  Watchful,  and  Sincere,  took  them  by  the 
hand  and  had  them  to  their  tents,  and  made  them  eat  and 
drink  of  that  which  was  there  at  the  time.  They  said,  too, 
"  We  would  that  you  should  stay  here  a  short  time,  to  get 
known  to  us,  and  yet  more  to  cheer  your  heart  with  the 
good  of  these  Mounts  of  Joy."  They  told  them  that  they 
would  much  like  to  stay ;  and  so  they  went  to  their  rest 
that  night,  for  that  it  was  so  late, 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream,  that  in  the  morn  the  Shepherds 
did  call  on  Christian  and  Hopeful  to  walk  with  them  on 
the  mounts.  Then  said  the  Shepherds,  each  to  his  friend, 
"  Shall  we  show  these  wights  with  staves  some  strange 
sights  ? "  So  they  had  them  first  to  the  top  of  a  hill, 
known  as  Error,  and  bid  them  look  down  to  the  base.  So 
Christian  and  Hopeful  did  look  down,  and  saw  at  the  foot 
a  lot  of  men  rent  all  to  bits,  by  a  fall  that  they  had  from 
the  top.  Then  said  Christian,  "  What  doth  this  mean  1  " 
The  Shepherds  said,  "  Have  you  not  heard  of  them  that 
were  made  to  err,  in.  that  they  gave  heed  to  Hymeneus  and 
Philetus,  who  held  not  the  faith  that  the  dead  shall  rise 
from  the  grave  ]  Those  that  you  see  lie  rent  in  bits  at  the 
base  of  this  mount  are  they  ;  and  they  have  lain  to  this  day 
on  the  ground  as  you  see,  so  that  those  who  come  this  way 
may  take  heed  how  they  climb  too  high,  or  how  they  come 
too  near  the  brink  of  this  mount." 

Then  I  saw  that  they  had  them  to  the  top  of  the  next 
mount,  and  the  name  of  that  is  Caution,  and  bid  them  look 
as  far  off  as  they  could  ;  which  when  they  did  they  saw,  a& 
they  thought,  a  group  of  men  that  did  walk  up  and  down 


TTie  Delectable  Mountains. 


79 


through  the  tombs  that  were  there :  and  they  saw  that  the 
men  were  blind,  for  that  they  fell  at  times  on  the  tombs, 
and  for  that  they  could  not  get  out  from  the  midst  of  them. 
Then  said  Christian,  "  What  means  this  ?  " 

The  Shepherds  then  said,  "  Did  you  not  see,  a  short  way 


THE   HILL  ERROR. 


uown  these  mounts,  a  stile  that  leads  to  a  mead  on  the 
left  hand  of  this  way  %  "  Tiiey  said,  "  Yes.'*  Then  said 
the  Shepherds,  "  From  that  stile  there  goes  a  path  that 
leads  straight  to  Doubting  Castle,  which  is  kept  by  Giant 
Despair^  and  these  men   (as  he  did  point  to  them  in  the 


80  The  Pilgrim'' s  Progress. 

midst  of  the  tombs)  came  once  on  the  way,  as  you  do  now 
— ay,  till  they  came  to  that  same  stile !  And  as  they  found 
the  right  way  was  rough  in  that  place,  they  chose  to  go 
out  of  it  to  that  mead,  and  there  were  caught  by  Giant 
Despair  and  shut  up  in  Doubting  Castle ;  where,  when 
they  had  a  while  been  kept  in  a  cell,  he  at  last  did  put  out 
their  eyes,  and  led  them  in  the  thick  of  those  tombs,  where 
he  has  left  them  to  stray  till  this  day :  that  the  words  of 
the  Wise  Man  might  be  brought  to  pass,  '  He  that  strays 
out  of  the  way  of  truth  shall  dwell  in  the  homes  of  the 
dead.' '  Then  did  Christian  and  Hopeful  look  each  on 
each,  while  tears  came  from  their  eyes ;  but  yet  said  they 
not  a  word  to  the  Shepherds. 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream,  that  the  Shepherds  had  them 
to  one  more  place,  in  a  steep,  where  was  a  door  in  the  side 
of  a  hill ;  and  they  flung  wide  the  door  and  bid  them  look 
in.  They  did  look  in,  hence,  and  saw  that  it  was  dark  and 
full  of  smoke  ;  they  thought,  too,  that  they  heard  a  hoarse 
noise,  as  of  fire,  and  a  cry  of  some  in  pain.  Then  said 
Christian,  "  What  means  this  %  "  The  Shepherds  told  them, 
"  This  is  a  nigh  way  to  Hell ;  a  way  that  such  as  seem  to 
be  what  they  are  not  go  in  at :  to  wit,  such  as  sell  the  right 
they  had  at  birth,  with  Esau ;  such  as  sell  their  Lord,  with 
Judas ;  such  as  speak  ill  of  God's  Word,  with  Alexander  ; 
and  that  lie  and  shift,  with  Ananias,  and  Sapphira  his 
wife." 

Then  said  Hopeful  to  the  Shepherds,  "  I  see  that  these 
had  on  them,  each  one,  a  show  of  the  road,  as  we  have 
now,  had  they  not  %  " 

Shep. — "  Yes,  and  held  it  a  long  time  too." 

Hope. — "  How  far  might  they  go  on  in  the  way,  in  their 
days,  since  they,  in  spite  of  this,  were  thus  cast  off  ?  " 


The  Enchanted  Ground.  81 

Shep. — "  Some  yon,  and  some  not  so  far  as  these 
mounts." 

By  this  time  Christian  and  Hopeful  had  a  wish  to  go 
forth,  and  the  Shepherds  meant  that  they  should  :  so  they 
sped  side  by  side  till  they  got  nigh  the  end  of  the  mounts. 
Then  said  the  Shepherds,  each  to  his  friend,  "  Let  us  here 
show  these  wights  the  gates  of  the  Celestial  City,  if  they 
have  skill  to  look  through  our  kind  of  glass."  The  men 
chen  did  like  the  hint :  so  they  had  them  to  the  top  of  a 
high  hill,  the  name  of  which  was  Clear,  and  gave  them 
die  glass  to  look. 

Then  did  they  try  to  look,  but  the  thought  of  that  last 
thing  that  the  Shepherds  had  shown  them  made  their 
hands  shake  ;  by  means  of  which  let  they  could  not  look 
well  through  the  glass  ;  yet  they  thought  they  saw  a  thing 
like  the  gate,  and,  in  like  way,  some  of  the  sheen  of  the 
place. 

Just  ere  they  set  out,  one  of  the  Shepherds  gave  them 
a  note  of  the  way  ;  the  next  bid  them  take  heed  of  such  as 
fawn;  the  third  bid  them  take  heed  that  they  slept  not  on 
ground  that  had  a  spell ;  and  the  fourth  bid  them  God 
speed.     So  I  did  wake  from  my  dream. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

THE  ENCHANTED  GBOUND  AND  THE  WAY  DOWN  TO  IT. 

And  I  slept  and  dreamt  once  more,  and  saw  the  same 
two  wights  go  down  the  mounts,  by  the  high  road  that  led 
to  the  town.  Now  nigh  the  base  of  these  mounts,  on  the 
left  hand,  lies  the  land  of  Conceit,  from  which  land  there 


82  TJie  Pilgrim? a  Progress. 

comes,  right  in  the  way  in  which  the  men  trod,  a  small 
lane  with  twists  and  turns.  Here,  then,  they  met  with  a 
brisk  lad  that  came  out  of  that  land,  and  his  name  was 
Ignorance.  So  Christian  would  know  from  what  parts  he 
came,  and  whence  he  was  bound. 

Ignor. — "  Sir,  I  was  born  in  the  land  that  lies  off  there 
a  short  way  on  the  left  hand,  and  I  am  bound  to  the 
Celestial  City." 

Chr. — "  But  how  do  you  think  to  get  in  at  the  gate  % 
for  you  may  find  some  let  there." 

"  As  some  good  folk  do,"  said  he. 

Chr. — "  But  what  have  you  to  show  at  that  gate,  that 
khe  gate  should  be  flung  wide  to  you  %  " 

Ignor. — "  I  know  my  Lord's  will,  and  have  led  a  good 
life ;  I  pay  each  man  his  own ;  I  pray,  fast,  pay  tithes,  and  give 
alms ;  and  have  left  my  land  for  the  place  to  which  I.  go." 

Chr. — "  But  thou  didst  not  come  in  at  the  Wicket-g-ate 
that  is  at  the  head  of  this  way ;  thou  didst  come  in  here 
through  that  same  lane  with  the  twists  and  turns ;  and 
hence,  I  fear,  in  spite  of  what  thou  dost  think  of  thy  right, 
when  the  last  day  shall  come,  thou  wilt  have  laid  to  thy 
charge  that  thou  art  a  thief,  in  lieu  of  a  free  pass  to  the 
town." 

Ignor. — "  Sirs,  ye  be  not  known  to  me  in  the  least ;  I 
know  you  not ;  you  be  led  by  the  faith  of  your  land,  and  I 
will  be  led  by  the  faith  of  mine.  I  hope  all  will  be  well. 
And  as  for  the  gate  that  you  talk  of,  all  the  world  knows 
that  that  is  a  great  way  off  our  land.  I  do  not  think  that 
one  man  in  all  our  parts  doth  so  much  as  know  the  way  to 
it ;  nor  need  they  care  if  they  do  or  no  ;  since  we  have,  as 
you  see,  a  fine,  gay,  green  lane,  that  comes  down  from  our 
land,  the  next  road  that  leads  to  i%e  way." 


Then  Christian  niet  with  a  brisk  lad  who  said  his  narne  was 
Ignorance. — Rage  82.  Pilgrim's  Progress. 


The  Enchanted  Ground.  83 

When  Christian  saw  that  the  man  was  wise  in  his  own 
eyes,  he  said  to  Hopeful  in  a  soft  voice,  "  '  There  is  more 
hope  of  a  fool  than  of  him ' ";  and  said,  in  like  way, 
"  *  When  he  that  is  a  fool  walks  by  the  way,  his  sense  fails 
him,  and  he  saith  to  each  one  that  he  is  a  fool.'  What '. 
shall  we  talk  more  with  him,  or  move  on  now,  and  so  leave 
him  to  think  of  what  he  hath  erst  heard,  and  then  stop 
once  more  for  him  in  a  while,  and  see  if  by  slow  steps  we 
can  do  aught  of  good  to  him  %  "  Then  said  Hopeful,  "  It 
is  not  good,  I  think,  to  say  so  to  him  all  at  once  ;  let  us 
pass  him  by,  if  you  will,  and  talk  to  him  by  and  by,  just 
as  he  has  '  strength  to  bear  it.'  " 

So  they  both  went  on,  and  Ignorance  came  in  their  track. 
Now,  when  they  had  left  him  a  short  way,  they  came  to 
a  dark  lane,  where  they  met  a  man  whom  some  fiends  had 
bound  with  strong  cords,  and  took  back  to  the  door  that 
they  saw  on  the  side  of  the  hill.  Now  good  Christian 
could  not  help  but  shake,  and  so  did  Hopeful,  who  was 
with  him ;  yet,  as  the  fiends  led  off  the  man,  Christian  did 
look  to  see  if  he  knew  him ;  and  he  thought  it  might  be 
one  Turnaway,  that  dwelt  in  the  town  of  Apostacy.  But 
he  did  not  well  see  his  face,  for  he  did  hang  his  head  like 
a  thief  that  is  found.  But  when  he  had  gone  past,  Hope- 
ful gave  a  look  at  him,  and  saw  on  his  back  a  card,  with 
these  words,  "  Vile  cheat,  that  has  left  his  faith." 

So  they  went  on,  and  Ignorance  went  in  their  track, 
They  went  till  they  came  at  a  place  where  they  saw  a  way 
put  right  in  their  way,  and  did  seem,  at  the  same  time,  to 
lie  as  straight  as  the  way  which  they  should  go.  And 
here  they  knew  not  which  of  the  two  to  take,  for  both  did 
seem  straight  in  front  of  them  :  hence  they  stood  to  think. 
And  as  they  thought  of  the  way,>  lr>.  a,  man  black  of  flesh, 


84  The  Pilgrimrfs  Progress. 

but  clad  with  a  light  robe,  came  to  them,  and  did  ask  them 
why  they  stood  there.  They  said  they  were  bound  to  the 
Celestial  City,  but  knew  not  which  of  these  ways  to  take. 
"  Go  with  me,"  said  the  man ;  "  it  is  to  that  place  I  am 
bent."  So  they  went  with  him  in  the  way  that  but  now 
came  to  the  road,  which  each  step  they  took  did  turn  and 
turn  them  so  far  from  the  town  that  they  sought  to  go 
to,  that  in  a  short  time  their  heads  did  turn  off  from  it ; 
yet  they  went  with  him.  But  by  and  by,  ere  they  well 
knew  of  it,  he  led  theii  both  in  the  bounds  of  a  net,  in 
which  they  were  both  so  caught  that  they  knew  not  what 
to  do  ;  and  with  that  the  white  robe  fell  off  the  black  man's 
back :  then  they  saw  where  they  were.  For  which  cause 
there  they  lay  in  tears  some  time,  for  they  could  not  get 
their  limbs  out. 

Then  said  Christian  to  his  friend,  "Now  do  I  see  that  1 
am  wrong.  Did  not  the  Shepherds  bid  us  take  heed  of 
the  Flatterer  1  As  are  the  words  of  the  Wise  Man,  so  we 
have  found  it  this  day,  '  A  man  that  fawns  on  his  friend 
spreads  a  net  for  his  feet.'  " 

Hope. — "  They,  too,  gave  us  some  notes  as  to  the  way, 
so  that  we  may  be  the  more  sure  to  find  it ;  but  in  that  we 
have  not  thought  to  read." 

Thus  they  lay  in  sad  plight  in  the  net.  At  last  they 
saw  a  Bright  One  come  nigh  to  where  they  were,  with  a 
whip  of  small  cords  in  his  hand.  When  he  was  come  to 
the  place  where  they  were,  he  did  ask  them  whence  they 
came,  and  what  they  did  there  1  They  told  him  they  were 
poor  wights  bound  to  Zion,  but  were  led  out  of  their  way 
by  a  black  man  clad  in  white,  "  who  bid  us,"  said  they, 
"  go  with  him,  for  he  was  bound  to  that  place  too."  Then 
said  he  with  the  whip,  "  It  is  one  who  fawns,  a  false  guide 


Then  did  Hopeful  tell  Christian  his  experience,  and  Christian 
said:  <cLet  us  not  sleep,  as  some  do;  but  let  us  watch  and  rosf." 
—Page  86.  Pilgrim's  Program 


The  Enchanted  Ground.  85 

who  wore  the  garb  of  a  sprite  of  light."  So  he  rent  the 
net,  and  let  the  men  out.  Then  said  he  to  them,  "  Come 
with  me,  that  I  may  set  you  in  your  way  once  more  " :  so 
he  led  them  back  to  the  way  they  had  left  to  go  with  the 
Flatterer.  Then  he  did  ask  them  and  said,  "  Where  did 
you  lie  the  last  night  1  "  They  said,  "  With  the  Shepherds 
on  the  Mounts  of  Joy."  He  did  ask,  then,  if  they  had  not 
of  those  men  a  note  as  a  guide  for  the  way.  They  said, 
"  Yes."  "  But  did  you  not,"  said  he,  "  when  you  were  at 
a  stand,  pluck  out  and  read  your  note  1 "  Quoth  they, 
"  No."  He  did  ask  them,  "  Why  %  "  They  said,  "  They 
did  not  think  of  it."  He  would  know,  too,  "  If  the  Shep- 
herds did  not  bid  them  take  heed  of  the  Flatterer  %  "  They 
said,  "Yes;  but  we  thought  not,"  said  they,  "that  this 
man  of  fine  speech  had  been  he." 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  he  told  them  to  lie  down  ; 
which  when  they  did,  he  gave  them  sore  stripes,  to  teach 
them  the  good  way  in  which  they  should  walk.  This 
done,  he  bids  them  go  on  their  way,  and  take  good  heed 
to  the  next  hints  of  the  Shepherds. 

I  then  saw  in  my  dream,  that  they  went  on  till  they 
came  to  a  land  whose  air  did  tend  to  make  one  sleep.  And 
here  Hopeful  grew  quite  dull  and  nigh  fell  to  sleep  :  for 
which  cause  he  said  to  Christian  :  "  I  do  now  grow  so  dull 
that  I  can  scarce  hold  ope  mine  eyes ;  let  us  lie  down  here 
and  take  one  nap." 

"  By  no  means,"  said  Christian,  "  lest  if  we  sleep  we  wake 
not  more." 

i  Hope. — "  Why,  my  friend?  Sleep  is  sweet  to  the  man 
that  toils :  it  may  give  us  strength  if  we  take  a  nap." 

Chr. — ■"  Do  you  not  know  that  one  of  the  Shepherds 
bid  us  take  heed  of  the  Enchanted  Ground  ?     He  meant 


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The   Pilgrim's   Progress. 


by  that,  that  we  should  take  care  and  not  go  to  sleep. 
'  Let  us  not  sleep,  as  do  some ;  Sut  let  us  watch  and  be  of 
sound  mind.' ' 

Hope. — "  I  know  I  am  in  fault ;  and,  had  not  you  beeD 
with  me  here,  I  had  gone  to  sleep  and  run  the  risk  of 


HOPEFUL   TELLS   CHRISTIAN  HIS    EXPERIENCE. 


death.  I  see  it  is  true  that  the  wise  man  saith,  '  Two  are 
more  good  than  one.'  Up  to  this  time  thou  hast  been  my 
ruth  ;  and  thou  shalt  '  have  a  good  meed  for  thy  pains.' ' 

I  saw  then  in  my  dream,  that  Hopeful  gave  a  look  back, 
and  saw  Ignorance,  whom  they  had  left  in  their  wake, 
come  in  their  track.  "  Look,"  said  he  to  Christian,  "  how 
far  yon  youth  doth  lag  in  the  rear." 


"  Come  on,  nian,  why  do  you  stay  back  so?  "  said  Christian' 
"I  like  to  walk  alone,"  said  Ipnorance. — Page  87. 

Pilgrim's  Progress. 


The  Zand  of  Beulah.  87 

Chr.—~"  Ay,  a}^  I  see  him :  lie  cares  not  to  be  with  us." 

Hope. — "  But  I  trow  it  would  not  have  hurt  him  had  he 
kept  pace  with  us  to  this  time." 

Ghr. — "  That  is  true  :  but  I  wot  he  doth  not  think  so." 

Hope. — "  That  I  think  he  doth  :  but,  be  it  so  or  no,  let 
us  wait  for  him."     So  they  did. 

Then  Christian  did  call  to  him,  "  Come  you  on,  man : 
why  do  you  stay  back  so  %  " 

Ignor. — "  I  like  to  walk  in  this  lone  way ;  ay,  more  a 
great  deal  than  with  folk :  that  is,  save  I  like  them  much." 

Then  said  Christian  to  Hopeful  (but  in  a  soft  voice), 
"  Did  I  not  tell  you  he  sought  to  shirk  us  1  But,  be  this 
as  it  may,  come  up,  and  let  us  talk  off  the  time  in  this 
lone  place." 

Then,  when  he  had  a  long  speech  with  Ignorance,  Chris- 
tian spoke  thus  to  his  friend,  "  Well,  come,  my  good  Hope- 
ful, I  see  that  thou  and  I  must  walk  side  by  side  once 
more." 

So  I  saw  in  my  dream,  that  they  went  on  fast  in  front, 
and  Ignorance,  he  came  with  lame  gait  in  their  track. 
Then  said  Christian  to  his  friend,  "  I  feel  much  for  this 
poor  man :  it  will  of  a  truth  go  hard  with  him  at  last." 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

THE  LAND  OF  BEULAH — THE  FOEDS  OF  THE  EIVEE — > 

AT  HOME. 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  by  this  time  the  wights 
had  got  clear  of  the  Enchanted  Ground,  and  had  come  to 
the  land  of  Beulah,  whose  air  was  most  sweet :  as  the  way 
did  lie  straight  through  it,  they  took  rest  there  for  a  while. 


88  The  Pilgrim? & (Progress,, 

Yea,  here  they  heard  at  all  times  "  the  songs  of  birds," 
and  saw  each  day  the  plants  bud  forth  in  the  earth,  and 
heard  "the  voice  of  the  dove  "  in  the  land.  In  this  realm 
the  sun  shines  night  and  day  :  for  this  was  far  from  the 
Vale  of  the  Shade  of  Death,  and,  in  like  way,  out  of  the 


CHKISTIAN  AND  HOPEFUL  ENTER  THE  LAND  OP  BEULAH. 

reach  of  Giant  Despair ;  nor  could  they  from  this  place  so 
much  as  see  Doubting  Castle.  Here  they  were  in  sight  of 
the  City  to  which  they  were  bound :  here,  too,  met  them 
some  of  the  folk  who  dwelt  there,  for  in  this  land  the 
Bright  Ones  did  walk,  for  that  it  was  on  the  verge  of  bliss. 


The  Land  of  Bvulah.         t  89 

Now  as  they  did  walk  in  this  land  they  had  more  joy 
than  in  parts  not  so  nigh  the  realm  to  which  they  were 
bonnd :  and  as  they  drew  near  the  City  they  had  yet  a 
more  clear  view  of  it.  It  was  built  of  pearls  and  rare 
gems  :  its  streets,  too,  were  of  gold  :  so  that,  from  the 
sheen  of  the  place,  and  the  glow  of  the  sun  on  it,  Chris- 
tian did  long  so  much  that  he  fell  sick.  Hopeful,  in  like 
way,  had  a  fit  or  two  of  the  same  kind. 

But  when  they  got  some  strength,  and  could  bear  their 
sick  state,  they  went  on  their  way,  and  came  near  and  yet 
more  near  where  were  grounds  that  bore  fruits,  vines,  and 
plants  ;  and  their  gates  did  ope  on  the  high  road.  Now, 
as  they  came  up  to  these  parts,  lo,  the  Gardener  stood  in 
the  way;  to  whom  the  men  said,  "Whose  fine  vine  and 
fruit  grounds  are  these  1  "  He  said,  "  They  are  the  King's, 
and  are  put  there  for  his  own  joy,  as  well  as  to  cheer  such 
as  come  this  way."  So  he  took  them  to  where  the  vines 
grew,  and  bid  them  wet  their  mouths  with  the  fruit :  he, 
too,  did  show  them  there  the  King's  walks,  and  the  shades 
that  he  sought:  and  here  they  staid  and  slept. 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  they  spoke  more  in  their 
sleep  at  this  time  than  erst  they  did  in  all  their  way  :  and 
as  I  did  muse  on  it,  the  Gardener  said  to  me,  "  Why  dost 
thou  muse  at  this  ?  It  is  a  charm  in  the  fruit  of  the  grapes 
of  these  grounds' '  to  go  down  in  so  sweet  a  way  as  to  cause 
the  lips  of  them  that  sleep  to  speak.'  " 

So  I  saw  that  when  they  did  wake  they  girt  up  their 
loins  to  go  up  to  the  City.  So  as  they  went  on,  there  met 
them  two  men  in  robes  that  shone  like  gold,  while  the  face 
of  each  was  bright  as  the  lio-ht. 

These  men  did  ask  them  whence  they  came ;  and  they 
told  them.     They  would  know,  too,  where  they  did  lodge, 


00  1  he  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

and  what  straits  and  risks  and  joys  they  had  met  with  in 
the  way ;  and  they  told  them.  Then  said  the  men  that 
met  them,  "  You  have  but  two  straits  more  to  meet  with, 
and  then  you  are  in  the  City." 

Christian  then,  and  his  friend,  did  ask  the  men  to  go 
with  them  :  so  they  told  them  that  they  would  ;  but  said 
they,  "  You  must  gain  it  by  your  own  faith."  So  I  saw 
in  my  dream  that  they  went  on  each  with  each,  till  they 
came  in  sight  of  the  gate. 

Now  I  saw  still  more,  that  a  stream  ran  in  front  of  them 
and  the  gate ;  but  there  was  no  bridge  to  cross,  and  the 
stream  was  deep.  At  the  sight  of  this  stream,  the  wights 
with  staves  took  fright ;  but  the  men  that  went  with  them 
said,  "  Thou  must  go  through,  or  thou  canst  not  come  at 
the  gate." 

The  wights  then  sought  to  know  if  there  was  no  way 
but  that  to  the  gate.  To  which  they  said,  "  Yes  ;  but 
none,  save  two — to  wit,  Enoch  and  Elijah — hath  been  let 
to  tread  that  path  since  the  world  was  made,  nor  shall  till 
the  last  trump  shall  sound."  The  wights  then  (and  Chris- 
tian in  chief)  giow  as  if  they  would  give  up  hope,  and  did 
look  this  way  and  that,  but  no  way  could  be  found  by 
which  they  might  get  clear  of  the  stream.  Then  they  did 
ask  the  men  if  it  was  all  the  same  depth.  They  said, 
"  No  "  ;  yet  they  could  not  help  them  in  that  case  :  "  for," 
said  they,  "  you  shall  find  it  more  or  less  deep  as  you  trust 
in  the  King  of  the  place." 

Then  they  did  wade  in  the  stream,  and  as  Christian  sank 
he  did  cry  to  his  good  friend  Hopeful,  and  said,  "- 1  sink." 

Then  said  Hopeful,  "Be  of  good  cheer,  my  friend  :  I 
feel  the  ground,  and  it  is  good.  Then  said  Christian, 
"  Ah !  my  friend,  I  shall  not  see  the  land  I  seek."     And 


'92  The  Pilgrim'*  s  Progress. 

with  that  all  grew  dark,  and  tear  fell  on  Christian,  so  that 
he  could  not  see  in  front  of  him.  All  the  words  that  he 
spoke  still  did  tend  to  show  that  he  had  dread  of  mind  and 
fears  of  heart  that  he  should  die  in  that  stream,  and  fail  to 
go  in  at  the  gate.  Hopeful,  from  this  cause,  had  here  hard 
work  to  hold  up  the  head  of  his  friend ;  yea,  at  times  he . 
would  be  quite  gone  down,  and  then,  ere  a  while,  he  would 
rise  up  once  more  half  dead.  Hopeful  would  try  to  cheer 
him,  and  said,  "  Friend,  I  see  the  gate,  and  men  stand  by 
to  greet  us  ":  but  Christian  would  say,  "  'Tis  you,  'tis  you 
they  wait  for  ;  you  have  had  hope  since  the  time  I  knew 
you."  Then  said  Hopeful,  "  These  fears  and  griefs  that 
you  go  through  are  no  sign  that  God  has  left  you,  but  are 
sent  to  try  you  ;  if  you  will  call  to  mind  that  which  of  yore 
you  have  had  from  him,  and  live  on  him  in  your  griefs." 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  Christian  was  in  a  muse 
for  a  while.  To  whom,  too,  Hopeful  did  add  these  words, 
*'  Be  of  good  cheer,  Christ  doth  make  thee  whole."  And 
with  that  Christian  brake  out  with  a  loud  voice,  "  Oh,  I 
see  Him  once  more !  and  he  tells  me,  '  When  thou  dost 
pass  through  the  stream,  I  will  be  with  thee.'  "  Then  they 
both  took  heart,  and  the  foe  then  grew  as  still  as  a  stone, 
till  they  were  gone  through^  Christian  then  straight  found 
ground  to  stand  on,  and  so  it  came  to  pass  that  the  rest  of 
the  stream  was  but  of  slight  depth :  thus  they  did  ford  it. 

Now  on  the  bank  of  the  stream,  on  the  far  off  side,  they 
saw  the  two  Bright  Men  once  more,  who  there  did  wait  for 
them.  When  they  came  out  of  the  stream  these  did  greet. 
them,  and  said :  "  We  are  sprites  sent  forth  to  aid  them 
who  shall  be  heirs  of  Christ."  Thus  they  went  on  to  the 
gate. 

Now  you  must  note  that.  £he  City  stood  on  a  high  hill  t 


The  Land  of  Beulah.  93 

but  the  wight's  went  up  that  hill  with  ease,  for  that  they 
had  these  two  men  to  lead  them  up  by  the  arms :  more 
than  this,  they  had  left  the  garb  they  wore  in  the  stream ; 
for  though  they  went  in  with  them  they  came  out  freed 
from  them.  They  hence  went  up  here  with  much  speed, 
though  the  rise  on  which  the  City  was  built  was  more  high 
than  the  clouds.  They  then  went  up  through  the  realms 
of  air,  and  held  sweet  talk  as  they  went,  as  they  felt  joy 
for  that  they  had  got  safe  through  the  stream,  and  had 
such  Bright  Ones  to  wait  them. 

The  talk  that  they  had  with  the  Bright  Ones  was  of  the 
place  ;  who  told  them  that  no  words  could  paint  it.  "  You 
go  now,"  said  they,  "  to  the  sphere  where  God  dwells,  in 
which  you  shall  see  the  Tree  of  Life,  and  eat  of  the  fruits 
of  it  that  fade  not :  and  when  you  come  there  you  shall 
have  white  robes  to  wear,  and  your  walk  and  talk  shall  be 
each  day  with  the  King,  while  time  shall  be  known  no 
more.  There  you  shall  not  see  such  things  as  you  saw 
when  low  on  earth,  to  wit,  grief,  pain,  and  death ;  for 
these  things  are  gone.  You  now  go  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac, 
and  Jacob,  and  to  men  that  God  '  took  from  the  woe  to 
come.'  "  These  men  then  did  ask,  "  What  must  we  do  in 
this  pure  place  ?  "  To  whom  it  was  said,  "  You  must  there 
get  the  meed  of  all  your  toil,  and  have  joy  for  all  your 
grief;  you  must  reap  what  you  have  sown,  ay,  the  fruit  of 
all  your  tears  and  toils  for  the  King  by  the  way.  In  that 
place  you  must  wear  crowns  of  gold,  and  bask  for  aye  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts,  for  there  you  '  shall  see 
Him  as  he  is.' '  There,  too,  you  shall  serve  Him  with  praise, 
with  shouts,  with  joy,  whom  you  sought  to  serve  in  the 
world,  though  with  much  pain,  for  that  your  flesh,  was 
weak.     There  you  shall  join  with  your  friends  once  more 


§4  The  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

that  are  gone  there  ere  you ;  and  there  you  shall  with  joy 
greet  each  one  that  comes  in  your  wake.  When  the  King 
shall  come  with  sound  of  trump  in  the  clouds,  as  on  the 
wings  of  the  wind,  you  shall  come  with  Him  ;  and,  when 
He  shall  sit  on  the  Throne  to  judge  all  the  realms  of  the 
earth,  you  shall  sit  by  Him :  yea,  and  when  He  shall  pass 
doom  on  all  that  did  work  ill,  let  them  be  sprites  or  men, 
you  shall  too  have  a  voice  in  that  doom,  for  that  they  are 
His  and  your  foes.  More  than  this,  when  He  shall  go  back 
to  the  City,  you  shall  go  too,  with  sound  of  trump,  and  be 
for  aye  with  Him." 

Now  while  they  thus  drew  nigh  to  the  gate,  lo  a  troop 
of  the  Bright  Host  came  to  meet  them ;  to  whom  it  was 
said  by  the  first  two  Bright  Ones,  "  These  are  the  men 
that  did  love  our  Lord,  when  they  were  in  the  world,  and 
that  have  left  all  for  His  name,  and  He  hath  sent  us  to 
fetch  them,  and  we  have  brought  them  thus  far  on  their 
way,  that  they  may  go  in  and  look  their  Lord  in  the  face 
with  joy."  There  came,  too,  at  this  time  to  meet  them  a 
group  of  the  King's  men  with  trumps,  clad  in  white  and 
sheen  robes,  who,  with  sweet  and  loud  notes,  made  the 
whole  arch  of  the  sky  full  of  the  sound.  These  men  did 
greet  Christian  and  his  friend  with  much  warmth  ;  and 
this  they  did  with  shouts  and  sound  of  trump. 

This  done,  they  went  round  them  on  each  side ;  some 
went  in  front,  some  in  the  rear,  and  some  on  the  right 
hand,  some  on  the  left  (as  it  were  to  guard  them  through 
the  vast  realms),  and  did  sound  as  they  went,  with  sweet 
noise,  in  notes  on  high ;  so  that  the  bare  sight  was  to  them 
that  could  look  on  it  as  if  all  the  blest  were  come  down  to 
meet  them.  Thus  then  did  they  walk  on  side  by  side. 
And  now  were  these  two  men,  as  it  were,  in  bliss  ere  they 


"  Tis  you.  'tis  you  they  wait  for;  you  have  had  hope  since  the 
time  I  knew  you." 
I  Page  92) 


(The   Pilgrim's  Progress.  1 


The  Lai  d  of  Beuldh.  95 

came  at  it.  Here,  too,  they  had  the  City  in  view ;  and 
they  thought  they  heard  all  the  bells  in  it  to  ring,  so  as  to 
greet  them.  But,  more  than  all,  the  warm  and  rare 
thoughts  that  they  had  of  the  place  to  which  they  went, 
and  of  those  that  dwelt  there,  and  that  for  aye ;  oh !  by 
what  tongue  or  pen  can  such  vast  joy  be  told  1  Thus  they 
came  up  to  the  gate. 

Then  I  saw  in  my  dream  that  the  Bright  Men  bid  them 
call  at  the  gate  :  the  which  when  they  did,  some  from  on 
high  did  look  down,  to  wit,  Enoch,  Moses,  and  Elijah,  and 
so  forth,  to  whom  it  was  said,  "  These  wights  are  come 
from  the  City  of  Destruction,  for  the  love  that  they  bear 
to  the  King  of  this  place  ";  and  then  the  wights  gave  in  to 
them  each  man  his  roll,  which  they  had  got  at  first :  those, 
then,  were  brought  in  to  the  King,  who,  when  he  had  read 
them,  said,  "  Where  are  the  men  1 "  To  whom  it  was  told, 
"  They  are  at  the  porch  of  the  gate."  Then  spoke  the 
King,  "  Ope  the  gate,  that  the  just  land  that  keeps  truth 
may  come  in." 

Now  I  saw  in  my  dream,  that  these  two  men  went  in  at 
the  gate  :  and  lo  !  as  they  did  so,  a  change  came  on  them ; 
and  they  had  robes  put  on  that  shone  like  gold.  There 
were,  too,  that  met  them  with  harps  and  crowns,  and  gave 
them  to  them  ;  the  harps  to  praise  with,  the  crowns  in  sign 
of  rank.  Then  I  heard  in  my  dream  that  all  the  bells  of 
the  place  rang  for  joy,  and  that  it  was  said  to  them,  "  Come 
ye  to  the  joy  of  our  Lord." 

Now,  just  as  the  gates  did  ope  to  let  in  the  men,  did  I 
peer  at  them,  and  lo,  the  place  shone  like  the  sun  :  the 
streets,  too,  were  of  gold  ;  and  in  them  did  walk  men 
with  crowns  on  their  heads,  palms  in  their  hands,  and  gold 
harps  to  aid  in  songs  of  praise 


96  The  Pilg^hrfs  Progress. 

There  were  some  of  them  that  had  wings,  and  they  sang, 
with  not  a  pause,  songs  to  the  "  Lamb  that  was  slain  ! " 

Then  they  shut  up  the  gates  ;  which  when  I  had  seen  I 
did  wish  to  be  with  them. 

Now,  while  I  did  gaze  on  \xiL  these  things,  I  saw  Igno- 
rance come  up  to  the  side  of  the  stream  :  but  he  soon  got 
through,  and  that  void  of  half  the  toil  which  the  two  men 
that  I  of  late  saw  met  with.  So  he  did  climb  the  hill  to 
come  up  to  the  gate  ;  but  none  came  with  him,  nor  did  one 
man  meet  or  greet  him.  When  he  was  come  up  to  the 
gate,  he  gave  a  look  up  at  what  was  writ  in  front  of  it,  and 
then  gave  a  knock.  So  they  told  the  King,  but  he  would 
not  come  down  to  see  him ;  but  told  the  two  Bright  Ones, 
that  led  Christian  and  Hopeful  to  the  City,  to  go  out  and 
take  Ignorance,  and  bind  him  hand  and  foot,  and  have 
him  off.  Then  they  took  him  up,  and  bore  him  through  the 
air  to  the  door  that  I  saw  in  the  side  of  the  hill,  and  put 
him  in  there.  Then  I  saw  that  there  was  a  way  to  Hell, 
ay,  from  the  gates  of  bliss,  as  well  as  from  the  City  of 
Destruction !     So  I  did  wake,  and  lo,  it  was  a  dream  \ 


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